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Scylla
Taxonomy
Scylla was named by De Haan (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Cancer serratus.
It was assigned to Lupinae by Dana (1851); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portuninae by Karasawa (1990), Karasawa (1993), Schweitzer et al. (2006); to Portunidae by Rathbun (1919), Rathbun (1930), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Necronectinae by Karasawa et al. (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Lupinae by Dana (1851); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portuninae by Karasawa (1990), Karasawa (1993), Schweitzer et al. (2006); to Portunidae by Rathbun (1919), Rathbun (1930), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Necronectinae by Karasawa et al. (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1833 | Scylla De Haan |
| 1851 | Scylla Dana p. 129 |
| 1919 | Scylla Rathbun p. 170 |
| 1930 | Scylla Rathbun p. 4 |
| 1990 | Scylla Karasawa p. 18 |
| 1993 | Scylla Karasawa p. 54 |
| 2002 | Scylla Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Scylla Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61 |
| 2006 | Scylla Schweitzer et al. p. 123 |
| 2008 | Scylla Karasawa et al. p. 105 |
| 2010 | Scylla Schweitzer et al. p. 110 |
| 2017 | Scylla Luque et al. p. 12 |
| 2021 | Scylla Schweitzer et al. p. 23 |
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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.
G. Scylla De Haan 1833
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†Scylla costata Rathbun 1919
†Scylla floridana Rathbun 1935
†Scylla hassiaca Ebert 1887
†Scylla laevis Bohm 1922
†Scylla marianae Hu and Tao 1996
†Scylla michelini Milne-Edwards 1860
†Scylla molassica Studer 1898
†Scylla ozawai Glaessner 1933
Scylla serrata Forskål 1775
Scylla serratus Forskål 1775
†Scylla sindensis Stoliczka 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Puerto Rico (Yauco) | S. costata (228679) | |
| Rupelian | Puerto Rico (San Sebastian) | S. costata (228677) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Mexico | S. costata (135786) | |
| Chattian | USA (Puerto Rico) | S. costata (65367) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Florida) | S. floridana (144123) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil | S. costata (112581) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | S. costata (65162 112590) | |
| Miocene | Japan | S. ozawai (147808) | |
| Miocene | Japan (Okayama) | S. serrata (127688) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Dominican Republic | S. costata (135462) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | S. michelini (47087) | |
| Burdigalian | Japan (Gifu) | S. ozawai (207142) S. sp. (80280) | |
| Langhian | Japan | S. sp. (171613) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Brazil (Para) | S. costata (58454) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan (Shimane) | S. sp., S. ozawai (127708) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Austria (Niederösterreich) | S. sp. (235505) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | S. costata (228617 228630 228631 228636 228637) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | S. costata (228623 228625) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Colombia (Atlántico) | S. sp. (228493) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Japan (Okinawa) | S. serrata (202477) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Miyazaki) | S. serrata (127697) | |
| Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | S. sp. (228727) |