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Mursia

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Mursia Leach
1918Mursia Rathbun p. 158
1926Mursia Rathbun p. 81
1984Mursia Müller p. 68
1993Mursia Karasawa p. 44
1999Mursia Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 232
2000Mursia Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 235
2002Mursia Sepkoski
2003Mursia Collins et al. p. 201
2010Mursia Schweitzer et al. p. 84
2011Mursia Hyžný and Schlögl p. 335
2012Mursia Beschin and de Angeli p. 8
2017Mursia Luque et al. p. 35
2019Mursia Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 3

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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
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusMursiaLeach 1823

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. Mursia Leach 1823
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Mursia armata De Haan 1837
Mursia aspina Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Mursia australiensis Campbell 1971
Mursia bekenuensis Collins et al. 2003
Mursia circularis Karasawa 1989
Mursia creutzbergi Collins and Donovan 2004
Mursia cristiata Milne Edwards 1837
Mursia curtispina Miers 1886
Mursia granulosa Collins and Donovan 2002
Mursia harnicari Hyžný and Schlögl 2011
Mursia lienharti Bachmayer 1961
Mursia macdonaldi Rathbun 1918
Mursia marcusana Rathbun 1926
Mursia minuta Karasawa 1993
Mursia obscura Rathbun 1918
Mursia simplex Remy 1960
Mursia takahashii Imaizumi 1952
Mursia yaquinensis Rathbun 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 38.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) M. aspina (167461 202365)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy M. lienharti (207616)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Oregon) M. yaquinensis (139022)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Washington) M. marcusana (139892)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) M. marcusana (52356 52362 139891 202281 221302 221303 221304 221307)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama M. macdonaldi (42627) M. obscura (207015)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Italy Mursia indet. (147814)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan Mursia indet. (147808 147809 147810 147811 147812 147817 147818 147819 147820 147821)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) M. yaquinensis (202317)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malaysia (Sarawak) M. bekenuensis (175184)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia M. harnicari (147807)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Japan M. takahashii (169413)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Shimane) M. takahashii (127708)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary M. lienharti (133113 149366 207750 207753)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Miyazaki) M. minuta (127696)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Shizuoka) M. armata (127710 127711 202455) M. sp. (202451)