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Demania

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Demania Laurie
2006Demania Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Demania Schweitzer et al. p. 127
2021Demania Schweitzer et al. p. 23

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyXanthinaeMacLeay 1838
genusDemaniaLaurie 1906

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. Demania Laurie 1906
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Demania chayiensis Hu 1981
Demania cultripes Alcock 1898
Demania pilipinas Karasawa 2008
Demania reynaudii Milne-Edwards 1834
Demania scaberrima Walker 1887
Demania wardi Garth and Ng 1985
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: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Calabrian or 2.58800 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Philippines (Mindanao) D. sp., D. pilipinas (224586)