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Lophoranina porifera

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Ranina porifera was named by Woodward (1866). It is not extant. Its type locality is San Fernando, which is in a Priabonian carbonate limestone in the San Fernando Formation of Trinidad and Tobago.

It was recombined as Lophoranina porifera by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Ranina porifera Woodward
1919Ranina porifera Rathbun p. 168
2010Lophoranina porifera Schweitzer et al. p. 74

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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()
PodotremataGuinot 1977
Raninoidia(de Haan 1839)
superfamilyRaninoideade Haan 1839
familyRaninidae
subfamilyRanininaeDe Haan 1839
genusLophoraninaFabiani 1910
speciesporifera()

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.

Lophoranina porifera Woodward 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunaluc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:48:28
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago Ranina porifera (135728)