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Miohepatus amazonicus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Taxonomy
Hepatella amazonica was named by Beurlen (1958). It is the type species of Miohepatus.

It was recombined as Miohepatus amazonicus by Lima et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Hepatella amazonica Beurlen
2010Hepatella amazonica Schweitzer et al. p. 85
2017Hepatella amazonica Luque et al. p. 8
2023Miohepatus amazonicus Lima et al. p. 6

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyAethroideaDana 1851
familyAethridaeDana 1851
genusMiohepatus
speciesamazonicus(Beurlen 1958)

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.

Miohepatus amazonicus Beurlen 1958
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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

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Tortonian or 23.04000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Mexico (Chiapas) Hepatella amazonica (133885)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil Hepatella amazonica (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) Hepatella amazonica (228726)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Hepatella amazonica (65162)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Hepatella amazonica (228724)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Hepatella amazonica (228728)