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Gourretia

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae

Taxonomy

Gourretia was named by Saint Laurent (1973). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ctenochelinae by Manning and Felder (1991); to Gourretiidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Ctenochelidae by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Species

G. aquilae

Synonyms

Pseudogourretia was named by Sakai (2005). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gourretia by Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Ivorygourretia was named by Sakai (2017). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gourretia by Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Plantesgourretia was named by Sakai (2017). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gourretia by Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Ruiyuliugourretia was named by Sakai (2017). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gourretia by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1973	Gourretia Saint Laurent
1991	Gourretia Manning and Felder p. 785
2005	Pseudogourretia Sakai
2010	Gourretia Schweitzer et al. p. 40
2017	Ivorygourretia Sakai
2017	Plantesgourretia Sakai
2017	Ruiyuliugourretia Sakai
2023	Gourretia Schweitzer et al. p. 16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Axiidea	Saint Laurent 1979
family	Ctenochelidae
genus	Gourretia	Saint Laurent 1973

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.

G. Gourretia Saint Laurent 1973

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†Gourretia aquilae Rathbun 1935

Invalid names: Ivorygourretia Sakai 2017 [synonym], Plantesgourretia Sakai 2017 [synonym], Pseudogourretia Sakai 2005 [synonym], Ruiyuliugourretia Sakai 2017 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalinfrao

Diet:

detritivoreinfrao

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2022-08-23 13:23:00

Modified:

2022-09-26 19:20:17

Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class

References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	USA (Louisiana)	G. aquilae (142090 142091)
Cenomanian - Turonian	100.5 - 89.8	USA (Texas)	Callianassa aquilae (142089)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian	93.5 - 89.3	Mexico (Coahuila)	G. aquilae (133857)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian	93.5 - 85.8	Mexico (Coahuila)	Callianassa sp. (92293)