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Dromiopsis pulchellus

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Dromiopsis pulchella was named by Secretan (1964). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Paranecrocarcinus pulchellus by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2012); it was corrected as Dromiopsis pulchellus by Schweitzer et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dromiopsis pulchella Secretan p. 169
2010Dromiopsis pulchella Schweitzer et al. p. 65
2012Paranecrocarcinus pulchellus Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 22
2016Dromiopsis pulchellus Schweitzer et al. p. 362 fig. 14C

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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
infraorderBrachyura()
DromiaceaDe Haan 1833
genusDromiopsisReuss 1858
speciespulchellus()

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.

Dromiopsis pulchellus Secretan 1964
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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: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available