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Huescarina pulchra

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Taxonomy
Laeviranina pulchra was named by Beschin et al. (1988). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava Main di Arzignano, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Raninoides pulchra by Schweitzer et al. (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Karasawa et al. (2014); it was recombined as Huescarina pulchra by Ferratges et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Laeviranina pulchra Beschin et al. p. 171
2006Raninoides pulchra Schweitzer et al. p. 28 figs. Table 2
2010Raninoides pulchra Schweitzer et al. p. 76
2014Raninoides pulchra Karasawa et al. p. 258
2025Huescarina pulchra Ferratges et al. p. 555

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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
subfamilyRaninoidinaeLorenthey and Beurlen 1929
genusHuescarina
speciespulchra()

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.

Huescarina pulchra Beschin et al. 1988
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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, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Laeviranina pulchra (type locality: 145128)