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Litogaster ornata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Taxonomy
Aphthartus ornatus was named by von Meyer (1849). It is not extant. Its type locality is Böhm quarry, Tarnowitz, which is in a Pelsonian carbonate limestone in the Karchowice Formation of Poland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Litogaster obtusa by Förster (1967); it was recombined as Litogaster ornata by Assmann (1927), Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Myrtonius serratusdup von Meyer p. 258 figs. Pl 32, fig 40
1849Aphthartus ornatus von Meyer p. 259 figs. Pl 32, fig 41
1927Litogaster ornata Assmann p. 348 figs. Pl 10, figs 6-9; pl 11, figs 1-3,11
2010Litogaster ornata Schweitzer et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyLitogastroidae
genusLitogaster
speciesornata()

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.

Litogaster ornata von Meyer 1849
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Invalid names: Myrtonius serratusdup von Meyer 1849 [synonym]
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 16:09:13
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:09:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Germany Litogaster ornata (226014)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Poland Aphthartus ornatus (type locality: 136176)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany Litogaster ornata (127457 226013)