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Platepistoma imamurae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer imamurae was named by Imaizumi (1962). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IGPS Tm-6, Kamishin, Kurosedani-mura, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian deep-water siliciclastic in Japan.

It was recombined as Platepistoma imamurae by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Cancer imamurae Imaizumi p. 239 figs. Pl 40, figs 18,19
2010Platepistoma imamurae Schweitzer et al. p. 102

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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
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusPlatepistomaRathbun 1906
speciesimamurae()

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.

Platepistoma imamurae Imaizumi 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan Cancer imamurae (169305)