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Xanthodius

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Xanthodius was named by Stimpson (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Xanthinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Xanthodius Stimpson
2002Xanthodius Sepkoski
2006Xanthodius Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Xanthodius Schweitzer et al. p. 128
2021Xanthodius Schweitzer et al. p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyXanthinaeMacLeay 1838
genusXanthodiusStimpson 1862

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. Xanthodius Stimpson 1862
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†Xanthodius falconensis Schweitzer et al. 2021
†Xanthodius kambaraensis Rathbun 1945
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, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji X. kambaraensis (136574)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) X. americanus (147239)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico X. hebes (147227)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Flrida) X. sternberghii (146568)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados X. americanus (146587)