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Romaleon antennarium (Pacific rock crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer antennaria was named by Stimpson (1856). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius by Nations (1975); it was recombined as Romaleon antennarius by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000); it was recombined as Romaleon antennarium by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cancer antennaria Stimpson
1975Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius Nations p. 31 figs. 4, 13, 14, 32-5, 32-6
2000Romaleon antennarius Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 243
2010Romaleon antennarium Schweitzer et al. p. 102
2017Romaleon antennarium Luque et al. p. 43
2019Romaleon antennarium Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 5 fig. 4.2a,b

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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
genusRomaleonGistl 1848
speciesantennarium(Stimpson 1856)

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.

Romaleon antennarium Stimpson 1856 [Pacific rock crab]
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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: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Cancer antennarius (226459 226491)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Mexico Cancer antennarius (226586)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cancer antennarius (122752 226462 226488 226581 226608)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico Cancer antennarius (226597)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer antennarius (219034 226584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer antennaria (59063) Cancer antennarius (160361 226456 226478 226567 226579 226585 226594 226596 226599 226600 226601 226606 226607)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cancer antennarius (52347 67641 226466 226469 226472)