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Styracocarcinus meridionalis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Titanocarcinus meridionalis was named by Secretan (1961). It is the type species of Styracocarcinus.

It was recombined as Tehuacana meridionalis by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was recombined as Styracocarcinus meridionalis by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2012) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Titanocarcinus meridionalis Secretan
2010Tehuacana meridionalis Schweitzer et al. p. 137
2012Styracocarcinus meridionalis Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 25
2018Styracocarcinus meridionalis Schweitzer et al. p. 15 fig. 10.1a,b

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyTumidocarcinidae
genusStyracocarcinus
speciesmeridionalis(Secretan 1961)

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.

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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available