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Galene bispinosa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galenidae

Taxonomy

Cancer bispinosus was named by Herbst (1783). It is extant.

It was recombined as Galene bispinosa by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonyms

Gecarcinus trispinosus was named by Desmarest (1817).

It was synonymized subjectively with Galene bispinosa by Schweitzer et al. (2010).
Galene hainanensis was named by Hu and Tao (1979).

It was synonymized subjectively with Galene bispinosa by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1783	Cancer bispinosus Herbst p. 144 figs. Pl 6, fig 45
1817	Gecarcinus trispinosus Desmarest
1979	Galene hainanensis Hu and Tao
2010	Galene bispinosa Schweitzer et al. p. 118

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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	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892

Rank	Name	Author
—	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	Pilumnoidea	Samouelle 1819
family	Galenidae	Alcock 1898
subfamily	Galeninae	Alcock 1898
genus	Galene	De Haan 1833
species	bispinosa	()

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.

Galene bispinosa Herbst 1783

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Invalid names: Cancer trispinosa Desmarest 1817 [synonym], Galene hainanensis Hu and Tao 1979 [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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian	11.63 - 5.333	Philippines (Batangas)	Galene bispinosa (224585)