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Panopeus kempi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Discussion

this species was originally assigned to the genus Panopeus but it was later reassigned to the current genus

Taxonomy
Panopeus kempi was named by Quayle and Collins (1981). Its type specimen is BMNH In.61724, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lee-on-the-Solent, Elmore Formation, Unit 7, which is in a Lutetian marginal marine claystone/claystone in the Elmore Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Sereneopeus.

It was recombined as Sereneopeus kempi by Collins (2002), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Panopeus kempi Quayle and Collins p. 752 figs. Pl 105, figs 7,8; text-fig 2A
2002Sereneopeus kempi Collins p. 87
2010Sereneopeus kempi Schweitzer et al. p. 123
2021Sereneopeus kempi Schweitzer et al. p. 11 fig. 4.8

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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()
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
specieskempi

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 kempi Quayle and Collins 1981
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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: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Panopeus kempi (type locality: 41948)