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Echidnocerus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae

Taxonomy
Echidnocerus was named by White (1842). It is extant. Its type is Echidnocerus cibarius.

It was assigned to Lithodidea by Stimpson (1862); and to Lithodidae by de Grave and Ahyong (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Echidnocerus White
1848Lopholithodes Brandt
1862Echidnocerus Stimpson
2022Echidnocerus de Grave and Ahyong

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyLithodoideaSamouelle 1819
familyLithodidaeSamouelle 1819
genusEchidnocerusWhite 1842

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. Echidnocerus White 1842
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Invalid names: Lopholithodes mandtii Brandt 1848 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lopholithodes Brandt 1848 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) E. foraminatus (146591)