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Panopeus antepurpureus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Taxonomy
Panopeus antepurpureus was named by Rathbun (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 324245 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 5850, Mount Hope, which is in a Pleistocene marine mudstone in Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. abbreviatus, P. capanemensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Panopeus antepurpureus Rathbun p. 172 figs. Plate 58, Figs. 3-11
2010Panopeus antepurpureus Schweitzer et al. p. 122
2017Panopeus antepurpureus Luque et al. p. 37

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyPanopeidae
subfamilyPanopeinae
genusPanopeusMilne Edwards 1834
speciesantepurpureus

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.

†Panopeus antepurpureus Rathbun 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Panopeus antepurpureus (228716)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Panopeus antepurpureus (228713)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Panopeus antepurpureus (228699)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Panopeus antepurpureus (228705 228706)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Panopeus antepurpureus (228545)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas del Toro) Panopeus antepurpureus (228722)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Panopeus antepurpureus (228546)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama Panopeus antepurpureus (type locality: 134957)