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Protocallianassa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy

Protocallianassa was named by Beurlen (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u T Eo-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Callianassa archiaci. It is the type genus of Protocallianassinae.

It was assigned to Anomura by Vega et al. (1995); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Protocallianassinae by Aguirre-Urreta (1989), Schweitzer et al. (2006); to Callianassidae by Feldmann and Wilson (1988), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Feldmann et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2012); and to Axiidea by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. cheyennensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Protocallianassa Beurlen
1988	Protocallianassa Feldmann and Wilson p. 468
1989	Protocallianassa Aguirre-Urreta p. 537
1992	Protocallianassa Feldmann and Keys p. 9
1995	Protocallianassa Feldmann et al. p. 6
1995	Protocallianassa Vega et al.
2002	Protocallianassa Sepkoski
2003	Protocallianassa Feldmann et al. p. 152
2006	Protocallianassa Schweitzer et al. p. 74
2010	Protocallianassa Schweitzer et al. p. 39
2012	Protocallianassa Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 15
2023	Protocallianassa Schweitzer et al. p. 21

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Axiidea	Saint Laurent 1979
family	Callianassidae	Dana 1852
genus	Protocallianassa	Beurlen 1930

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. †Protocallianassa Beurlen 1930

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†Protocallianassa antarctica Taylor 1979

†Protocallianassa antiqua Roemer 1841

†Protocallianassa archiaci Milne-Edwards 1860

†Protocallianassa australica Glaessner 1956

†Protocallianassa bohemica Fritsch 1867

†Protocallianassa brevis Fritsch 1867

†Protocallianassa caucasica Aliev and Aliev 1980

†Protocallianassa cenomanensis Milne-Edwards 1860

†Protocallianassa cliffwoodensis Roberts 1962

†Protocallianassa elongata Fritsch 1867

†Protocallianassa faujasi Desmarest 1822

†Protocallianassa gracilis Fritsch 1867

†Protocallianassa klofi Bishop 1983

†Protocallianassa mortoni Pilsbry 1901

†Protocallianassa patagonica Aguirre-Urreta 1982

†Protocallianassa pilsbryi Rathbun 1935

†Protocallianassa pleuralum Beikirch and Feldmann 1980

†Protocallianassa praecepta Roberts 1962

†Protocallianassa russelli Bishop 1985

†Protocallianassa saetosa Forster and Stinnesbeck 1987

†Protocallianassa sarysuensis Aliev and Aliev 1980

†Protocallianassa tourtiae Fritsch 1867

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalinfrao

Diet:

detritivoreinfrao

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2022-08-23 13:23:00

Modified:

2022-09-26 19:20:17

Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class

References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Lutetian or 137.05000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (58 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Hauterivian	137.05 - 125.77	Antarctica	P. antarctica (276572) P. sp. (276568)
Late/Upper Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Argentina	P. patagonica (66634)
Late/Upper Barremian	125.77 - 121.4	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	P. patagonica (66647)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	USA (Texas)	P. sp., P. klofi (235829 235833)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Calvados)	Callianassa cenomanensis (234080)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France (Sarthe)	Callianassa cenomanensis (139203)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	France	Callianassa cenomanensis (97634)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Czechia (Ústí nad Labem)	Callianassa brevis (276678)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Czechia (Prague)	Callianassa bohemica (276737)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Czechia (Central Bohemian)	Callianassa antiqua (276679)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Brazil (Sergipe)	P. sp. (143532 143543 143561 143567 143571 143582 143660 143670 143676 143709 143735 144380)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Czechia (Ústí nad Labem)	Callianassa bohemica (276685)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (New Mexico)	P. mortoni (4870)
Middle Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Czechia (Ústí nad Orlicí)	Callianassa antiqua (276841)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Czechia (Central Bohemia)	Callianassa brevis (276947)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Czechia (Pardubice)	Callianassa antiqua (276735) Callianassa brevis, Callianassa gracilis (276682)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Czechia (Central Bohemia)	Callianassa brevis (276944 276945)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Czechia (Ústí nad Labem)	Callianassa brevis, Callianassa gracilis (276681)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Poland (Lower Silesia)	Callianassa antiqua (276939)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Delaware)	P. mortoni, P. praecepta (235827)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Dakota)	P. russelli (235774)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Maryland)	P. mortoni (27571)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	P. pleuralum (3906 59867)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany	P. faujasi (126564)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Dakota)	P. cheyennensis (275705)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Dakota)	P. sp. (235333)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	P. mortoni (46617) P. mortoni, P. praecepta (57916)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	Callianassa pilsbryi (142007)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	P. mortoni (139733 235407)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Maryland)	P. mortoni (125950)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Italy	P. faujasi (192123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Mississippi)	P. sp. (184985)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile	P. saetosa (64833)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Netherlands (Limburg)	P. faujasi (126585)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mexico (San Luis)	P. sp. (133559)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (New Jersey)	P. mortoni (57915)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Argentina (Rio Negro)	P. sp. (5162)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Antarctica	P. faujasi (57755 57761)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Antarctica	P. faujasi (173111)