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Hexapus nakajimai

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Taxonomy
Hexapus nakajimai was named by Imaizumi (1959). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IGPS Fs-39, southwestern part of Kamiyamada-yashiki, which is in a Burdigalian marine siliciclastic in the Nakayama Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Hexapus nakajimai Imaizumi p. 26 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
2001Hexapus nakajimai Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 335
2010Hexapus nakajimai Schweitzer et al. p. 136
2022Hexapus nakajimai Schweitzer et al. p. 16 fig. 7.7

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyHexapodoideaMiers 1886
familyHexapodidaeMiers 1886
genusHexapusDe Haan 1833
speciesnakajimai

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.

†Hexapus nakajimai Imaizumi 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan Hexapus nakajimai (type locality: 169411)