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Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae

Taxonomy
Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai was named by Karasawa (2020). Its type specimen is MFM83084, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yatsuomachi, Higashibessho Formation, which is in a Langhian marine horizon in the Higashibessho Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai Karasawa p. 42 figs. Fig. 1.A–1.C

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyMunidopsidaeOrtmann 1898
genusMunidopsisWhiteaves 1874
specieskaedetatsuyai

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.

Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai Karasawa 2020
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Karasawa 2020Carapace excluding rostrum subrectan- gular, longer than wide, weakly convex side to side; fronto-orbital margin wide; rostrum triangular, about 20 percent of carapace length, with weakly rimmed, unarmed lateral margins and dorsal medial keel; upper orbital margin sinuous, entire, oblique, weakly rimmed, with subtle antennal projection; anterolateral spine short; lateral margins subparallel with well-de- veloped spine behind anterolateral spine; posterior margin slightly concave, fringed with transverse ridge; dorsal regions poorly defined with interrupted, transverse ridges which vary in width; cervical groove and transverse depression on cardiac region deep.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:14:15
Modified: 2025-10-01 19:10:26
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Toyama) Munidopsis kaedetatsuyai (type locality: 219253)