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Distefania incerta

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Taxonomy
Cyphonotus incertus was named by Bell (1863).

It was recombined as Distefania incerta by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Klompmaker et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Cyphonotus incertus Bell p. 8 figs. Pl 1, figs 17-19
1936Cyphonotus incertus van Straelen p. 28
1940Distefania centrosa Van Straelen
2010Distefania centrosa Schweitzer et al. p. 59
2010Distefania incerta Schweitzer et al. p. 59
2012Distefania incerta Klompmaker et al. p. 783 figs. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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()
—DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
superfamilyHomolodromioideaAlcock 1900
familyGoniodromitidaeBeurlen 1932
genusDistefaniaChecchia-Rispolli 1914
speciesincerta()

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.

†Distefania incerta Bell 1863
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Invalid names: Distefania centrosa Van Straelen 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:34:14
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:34:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 149.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Romania Cyphonotus incertus (146252)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Spain (Basque) Distefania centrosa (139170)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France (Savoie) Cyphonotus incertus (139713)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain Distefania incerta (235335)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Cyphonotus incertus (1864 235773)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Navarro) Distefania incerta (125667)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain Distefania incerta (139171)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain (Basque) Distefania centrosa (235777)