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Typhlocarcinus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Taxonomy
Typhlocarcinus was named by Stimpson (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pilumnidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Rhizopinae by Karasawa (1993), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Typhlocarcinus Stimpson
1993Typhlocarcinus Karasawa p. 72
2006Typhlocarcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 47
2010Typhlocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 121
2022Typhlocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
superfamilyPilumnoideaSamouelle 1819
familyPilumnidae
subfamilyRhizopinaeStimpson 1858
genusTyphlocarcinusStimpson 1858

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.

G. Typhlocarcinus Stimpson 1858
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Typhlocarcinus galenoformis Hu and Tao 1996
Typhlocarcinus obtusus Karasawa 1993
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: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Shizuoka) T. obtusus (202450)