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Paracalliax

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paracalliacidae

Taxonomy
Paracalliax was named by De Saint Laurent (1979). It is extant. It is the type genus of Paracalliacidae.

It was assigned to Ctenochelinae by Manning and Felder (1991); and to Paracalliacidae by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Paracalliax De Saint Laurent
1991Paracalliax Manning and Felder p. 785
2023Paracalliax Schweitzer et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyParacalliacidaeSakai 2005
genusParacalliaxDe Saint Laurent 1979

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. Paracalliax De Saint Laurent 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available