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Vanuachela

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Vanua Rathbun
2002Vanua Sepkoski
2006Vanuachela Kammerer
2010Vanua Schweitzer et al. p. 146
2023Vanuachela Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4

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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()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyRaninidae
genusVanuachela

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. †Vanuachela Kammerer 2006
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Invalid names: Vanua Rathbun 1945 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Vanua linearius (68181 136142)