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Ovalipinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Geryonidae

Taxonomy
Ovalipidae was named by Spiridonov (2014). Its type is Ovalipes.

It was reranked as the subfamily Ovalipinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Portunoidea by Luque et al. (2017); and to Geryonidae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Ovalipidae Spiridonov
2017Ovalipidae Luque et al. p. 49
2021Ovalipinae Schweitzer et al. p. 16

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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()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyGeryonidaeColosi 1923
subfamilyOvalipinae(Spiridonov 2014)
subfamilyOvalipinae(Spiridonov 2014)

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.

Subfm. †Ovalipinae Spiridonov 2014
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G. Ovalipes Rathbun 1898
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Ovalipes formosanus Hu and Tao 1996
Ovalipes punctatus De Haan 1833
Ovalipes stephensoni Williams 1976
Invalid names: Anisopus den Haan 1833 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Ovalipes sp. (228744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58New Zealand (South Island) Ovalipes sp. (202183)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Zealand Ovalipes punctatus (59979)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Ovalipes punctata (110492)