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Gecarcinidae
Taxonomy
Gecarcinidae was named by MacLeay (1838). It is extant. Its type is Gecarcinus.
It was assigned to Brachyrhyncha by Rathbun (1918); and to Grapsoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Brachyrhyncha by Rathbun (1918); and to Grapsoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Gecarcinidae MacLeay |
| 1918 | Gecarcinidae Rathbun p. 177 |
| 2010 | Gecarcinidae Schweitzer et al. p. 142 |
| 2017 | Gecarcinidae Luque et al. p. 13 |
| 2023 | Gecarcinidae Schweitzer et al. p. 2 |
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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.
Fm. Gecarcinidae MacLeay 1838
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G. Cardisoma Latreille 1825
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†Cardisoma crassum Smith 1870
Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille 1828
†Cardisoma planum Rathbun 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Fiji | Cardisoma planum (136139 136142) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Costa Rica | Cardisoma guanhumi (135452) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Gecarcinus ruricola (66772) | |
| Pleistocene | Puerto Rico | Cardisoma guanhumi (78300) | |
| Pleistocene | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Johngarthia lagostoma (224572) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bermuda | Gecarcinus sp. (224567) | |
| Tarantian | Jamaica | Cardisoma guanhumi (224549) | |
| Tarantian | Bermuda | Cardisoma guanhumi (224566) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | Gecarcinus quadratus, Gecarcinus planatus (147227) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Gecarcinus lateralis (147239) Gecarcinus ruricola (146579) | |
| Holocene | Haiti | Gecarcinus ruricola (147275) |