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Xantho agassizi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Xantho agassizi was named by Robineau-Desvoidy (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Sauveur-en-Puisaye, which is in a Hauterivian carbonate limestone in the Calcaire à Spatangues Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
X. acutispinus, X. belia, X. bella, X. denticulata, X. lamellipes, X. viltata, X. vittata
Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-03-03; modified by J. Fearon on 2026-03-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Xantho agassizi Robineau-Desvoidy
2010Xantho agassizi Schweitzer et al. p. 128

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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
familyXanthidae
subfamilyXanthinaeMacLeay 1838
genusXanthoLeach 1804
speciesagassizi

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.

†Xantho agassizi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Yonne) Xantho agassizi (type locality: 146256)