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Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae

Taxonomy
Cancer quadrilobatus was named by Desmarest (1822). It is the type species of Harpactoxanthopsis.

It was recombined as Harpactocarcinus quadrilobatus by Bittner (1875), Bittner (1883) and Lörenthey (1898); it was recombined as Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata by Via (1959), Beschin et al. (1994), Beschin et al. (1998), Beschin et al. (2005), Beschin et al. (2009), Hyžný (2010) and Beschin et al. (2010); it was recombined as Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus by Via (1991), Schweitzer (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Beschin et al. (2012), Beschin et al. (2013), De Angeli and Bellin (2015) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cancer quadrilobatus Desmarest
1875Harpactocarcinus quadrilobatus Bittner p. 89
1883Harpactocarcinus quadrilobatus Bittner p. 312
1898Harpactocarcinus quadrilobatus Lörenthey p. 12
1959Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Via p. 54
1991Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Via p. 184
1994Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Beschin et al. p. 186
1998Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Beschin et al. p. 24
2003Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Schweitzer p. 1119
2005Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Beschin et al. p. 23 figs. Pl 4, fig 4
2009Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Beschin et al. p. 79
2010Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Beschin et al. p. 22
2010Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata Hyžný p. 119 figs. 2A-F
2010Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Schweitzer et al. p. 117
2012Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Beschin et al. p. 65 figs. Pl 13, figs 6a-d; text-fig 58
2013Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Beschin et al. p. 21 figs. T. 2, ff. 6a-b, 7
2015Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus De Angeli and Bellin p. 26 figs. 2 (1A-D, 2A, B)
2018Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobatus Schweitzer et al. p. 17 fig. 11.4a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyZanthopsidaeVia 1959
genusHarpactoxanthopsis
speciesquadrilobata(Desmarest 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03New Zealand (Brighton) Harpactocarcinus quadrilobatus (134726)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata (207595)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Hungary Harpactocarcinus quadrilobatus (190297)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata (135453 207553 226614 226615)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Slovakia Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata (226454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy Harpactoxanthopsis quadrilobata (207786)