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Zanthopsis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae

Taxonomy

Zanthopsis was named by M'Coy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes T Ol-l]. Its type is Cancer leachii. It is the type genus of Zanthopsidae.

It was assigned to Cancridae by Bell (1858); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Rathbun (1926), Maury (1930), Van Straelen (1933), Stenzel (1934), Rathbun (1935), Bachmeyer and Mundlos (1968), Kooser and Orr (1973), Squires (1999), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002); and to Zanthopsidae by Schweitzer (2003), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Species

Z. bartholomaeensis, Z. bispinosa, Z. brasiliana, Z. carolinensis, Z. cretacea, Z. dufouri (syn. Z. jacobi), Z. errans, Z. hendersonianus, Z. leachii, Z. milleri, Z. minor, Z. multispinosa, Z. nodosa, Z. peytoni, Z. sternbergi, Z. unispinosa, Z. vulgaris

Species lacking formal opinion data

Z. leachi

Synonyms

Cycloxanthus was named by Milne-Edwards (1850).

It was synonymized subjectively with Zanthopsis by Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1849	Zanthopsis M'Coy p. 162
1850	Cycloxanthus Milne-Edwards
1858	Xanthopsis Bell p. 10
1926	Zanthopsis Rathbun p. 47
1930	Xanthopsis Maury p. 104
1933	Xanthopsis Van Straelen p. 13
1934	Zanthopsis Stenzel p. 49
1935	Zanthopsis Rathbun p. 90
1968	Xanthopsis Bachmeyer and Mundlos p. 673
1973	Zanthopsis Kooser and Orr p. 1045
1999	Zanthopsis Squires p. 29
2002	Zanthopsis Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2002	Zanthopsis Sepkoski
2003	Zanthopsis Schweitzer p. 1117
2006	Zanthopsis Karasawa and Schweitzer
2010	Zanthopsis Schweitzer et al. p. 118
2017	Zanthopsis Luque et al. p. 24
2018	Zanthopsis Schweitzer et al. p. 18

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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
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
—	Reptantia	(Boas)
—	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	()
—	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980
—	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Carpilioidea
family	Zanthopsidae	Via 1959
genus	Zanthopsis

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. †Zanthopsis M'Coy 1849

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†Zanthopsis bartholomaeensis Rathbun 1919

†Zanthopsis bispinosa M'Coy 1849

†Zanthopsis brasiliana Maury 1930

†Zanthopsis carolinensis Rathbun 1935

†Zanthopsis cretacea Rathbun 1902

†Zanthopsis dufouri Milne-Edwards 1850

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Invalid names: Zanthopsis jacobi Van Straelen 1925 [synonym]

†Zanthopsis errans Woods 1922

†Zanthopsis hendersonianus Rathbun 1926

†Zanthopsis leachii Desmarest 1822

†Zanthopsis milleri Roberts 1955

†Zanthopsis minor Stolley 1890

†Zanthopsis multispinosa Remy 1960

†Zanthopsis nodosa M'Coy 1849

†Zanthopsis peytoni Stenzel 1934

†Zanthopsis peytoni parva Stenzel 1934

†Zanthopsis sternbergi Rathbun 1926

†Zanthopsis unispinosa M'Coy 1849

†Zanthopsis vulgaris Rathbun 1926

Invalid names: Cycloxanthus Milne-Edwards 1850 [synonym]

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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Rupelian or 83.60000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (34 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Z. sternbergi (139649)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Brazil (Paraiba)	Z. cretacea (134949)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (New Jersey)	Z. milleri (3113)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	Spain (Cantabria)	Xanthopsis dufouri (233214)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Iran	Z. sp. (229864)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (Kent)	Z. bispinosa, Z. nodosa (165976) Z. bispinosa, Z. nodosa, Z. unispinosa (147826)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	Z. bispinosa, Z. leachii (8025) Z. leachi (76601)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Spain	Xanthopsis dufouri (226514 226517)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Z. hendersoni (207305) Z. hendersonianus (139539)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	France	Xanthopsis dufouri (94693)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Spain	Xanthopsis dufouri (138288)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Texas)	Z. peytoni (43137 43138 43139 43140 43141 43142 43143)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Haiti	Z. sp. (60573)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Saint Barthélemy	Z. bartholomaeensis (135730)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (Mississippi)	Z. errans (143058)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (Texas)	Z. peytoni (142884)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Haiti	Z. sp. (135755)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	USA (South Carolina)	Z. carolinensis (143059)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Washington)	Z. vulgaris (203164)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (South Carolina)	Z. sp. (5354)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Cancer leachii (39696)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Z. vulgaris (44244)
Priabonian - Rupelian	37.71 - 27.3	USA (Washington)	Z. vulgaris (39961)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Oregon)	Z. hendersonianus (139538)