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Portunus haitensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Portunus (Portunus) haitensis was named by Rathbun (1923). Its type specimen is USNM 333430, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is River Blanche, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Haiti.

It was recombined as Portunus haitensis by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Luque et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Portunus (Portunus) haitensis Rathbun p. 2 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3; pl 2, figs 1-3
2010Portunus haitensis Schweitzer et al. p. 112
2017Portunus haitensis Luque et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815
genusPortunusWeber 1795
specieshaitensis()

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.

Portunus haitensis Rathbun 1923
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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, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Serravallian or 23.03000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Haiti Portunus haitensis (135733 type locality: 135734 135753)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Portunus haitensis (65162 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Portunus haitensis (112581)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Portunus haitensis (58454)