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Eucalliacidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eucalliacidae

Taxonomy
Eucalliacinae was named by Manning and Felder (1991). It is extant. Its type is Eucalliax.

It was reranked as the family Eucalliacidae by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

It was assigned to Callianassidae by Beschin and de Angeli (2012), Charbonnier et al. (2013); and to Axiidea by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Eucalliacinae Manning and Felder
2012Eucalliacinae Beschin and de Angeli p. 7
2013Eucalliacinae Charbonnier et al. p. 106
2023Eucalliacidae Schweitzer et al. p. 14

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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
familyEucalliacidae(Manning and Felder 1991)
familyEucalliacidae(Manning and Felder 1991)

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.

Fm. Eucalliacidae Manning and Felder 1991
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G. †Bolcacalliax Hzyny 2019
G. Calliax de Saint Laurent 1973
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Calliax lobata de Gaillande and Lagardère 1966
Calliax punica De Saint Luarent and Manning 1982
Calliax whiteavesi Woodward 1896
G. †Calliaxina Ngoc-Ho 2003
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Calliaxina altavillensis Beschin and de Angeli 2012
Calliaxina elegans Beschin et al. 2018
Calliaxina hadjoulaensis Charbonnier et al. 2017
G. Eucalliax Manning and Felder 1991
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Eucalliax burckhardti Bohm 1911
Eucalliax miyazakiensis Karasawa 1993
Eucalliax multisetae Beschin et al. 2018
Eucalliax rugata Beschin et al. 2018
Eucalliax vicetina Beschin et al. 2002
Eucalliax yatsuoensis Karasawa 1993
Eucalliax yoshihiroi Karasawa 1992
G. Eucalliaxiopsis Sakai 2011
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Invalid names: Bakercalliax Sakai 2018 [synonym], Calliaxiopsis Sakai and Turkay 2014 [synonym], Heardcalliax Sakai 2018 [synonym], Manningcalliax Sakai 2018 [synonym]
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 83.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Maastrichtian85.7 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) Callianassa whiteavesii (139009 139895)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Calliax whiteavesi (122931)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Callianassa whiteavesii (140052)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) Eucalliax burckhardti (232151)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Callianassa burckhardti (66649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (La Pampa) Callianassa burckhardti (5169)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Callianassa burckhardti (5177 105859 106079 106080 106083 236020)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) Callianassa burckhardti (5160)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Mendoza) Callianassa burckhardti (236248 236249)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Eucalliax sp. (207595)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Eucalliax vicetina (145128)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan (Fukuoka) Eucalliax yoshihiroi (168601)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Eucalliax vicetina (207553)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Calliaxina elegans, Eucalliax multisetae, Eucalliax rugata (207550)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Calliaxina altavillensis (207617)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Toyama) Callianassa yatsuoensis (202475)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Slovakia Eucalliax pseudorakosensis (145937)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Miyazaki) Eucalliax miyazakiensis (202447)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Miyazaki) Eucalliax miyazakiensis (127698 127699)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Shizuoka) Eucalliax miyazakiensis (202457)