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Gastrosacus eminens

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munidopsidae

Taxonomy
Galathea eminens was named by Blaschke (1911). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Gastrosacus eminens by Patrulius (1966), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Galathea eminens Blaschke
1966Gastrosacus eminens Patrulius p. 502 figs. Pl 30, figs 1,2; text-fig 3A
2010Gastrosacus eminens Schweitzer et al. p. 49
2017Gastrosacus eminens Schweitzer et al. p. 210 fig. 2

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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
genusGastrosacusVon Meyer 1851
specieseminens(Blaschke 1911)

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.

Gastrosacus eminens Blaschke 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Romania Gastrosacus eminens (228799 228800 228804)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Gastrosacus eminens (64116)