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Speocarcinus californiensis (California burrowing crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Eucrate californiensis was named by Lockington (1877).

It was recombined as Speocarcinus californiensis by Kanakoff and Emerson (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Eucrate californiensis Lockington
1959Speocarcinus californiensis Kanakoff and Emerson p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilySpeocarcininaeStevcic 2005
genusSpeocarcinusStimpson 1862
speciescaliforniensis(Lockington 1877)

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.

Speocarcinus californiensis Lockington 1877 [California burrowing crab]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Speocarcinus californiensis (160361)