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Romaleon

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Romaleon Gistl
1975Cancer (Romaleon) Nations p. 23
1992Cancer (Romaleon) Berglund and Goedert p. 5
1993Cancer (Romaleon) Karasawa p. 50
2000Romaleon Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 226
2002Romaleon Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961
2005Romaleon Casadio et al.
2010Romaleon Schweitzer et al. p. 102
2017Romaleon Luque et al. p. 43
2019Romaleon Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4

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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
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusRomaleonGistl 1848

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. Romaleon Gistl 1848
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†Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis Berglund and Goedert 1992
Romaleon antennarium Stimpson 1856 [Pacific rock crab]
Romaleon branneri Rathbun 1926 [furrowed rock crab]
†Romaleon dereki Nations 1975
†Romaleon franciscae Van Bakel et al. 2018
Romaleon gibbosulum de Haan 1835
Romaleon jordani Rathbun 1900 [hairy rock crab]
†Romaleon nakagawaensis Kato and Hikida 2002
†Romaleon parspinosus Casadio et al. 2005
Romaleon polyodon Poeppig 1836
†Romaleon sakamotoi Kato 1996
†Romaleon sanbonsugii Imaizumi 1962
†Romaleon urbanus Rathbun 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Washington) Cancer wahkiakumensis (194066)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Italy Cancer sanbonsugii (147814)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Okayama) Cancer sanbonsugii (127688)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333French Southern Territories (Kerguelen Island) R. franciscae (209849)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan Cancer sanbonsugii (147808 147809 147810 147811 147812 147817 147818 147819 147820 147821)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan Cancer sanbonsugii (169304)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Toyama) Cancer sanbonsugii (202474)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) R. parspinosus (56992 57049 57051)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Cancer dereki (226461)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Cancer antennarius (226459 226491)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Cancer urbanus (139721) R. urbanus (139722)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Mexico Cancer antennarius (226586)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Cancer antennarius (122752 226462 226488 226608) Cancer antennarius, Cancer polyodon (226581) Cancer polyodon (226593)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico Cancer antennarius (226597)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) R. branneri (138720) R. branneri, R. jordani (138719)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) R. branneri, R. jordani (138724) R. jordani (138721 138722)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer branneri (226611)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer branneri (219033 219857 226571 226572) Cancer branneri, Cancer jordani (219031 226457 226574 226580) Cancer branneri, Cancer jordani, Cancer antennarius (219034 226584) Cancer jordani (20639 200409 226578 226595) R. jordani (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cancer antennarius (52347 67641 226466 226469 226472) Cancer jordani (226471)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer antennaria, Cancer branneri, Cancer jordani (59063) Cancer antennarius (226456 226478 226567 226579 226594 226596 226599 226600 226606 226607) Cancer branneri (226476) Cancer branneri, Cancer jordani (219032) Cancer branneri, Cancer jordani, Cancer antennarius (160361) Cancer jordani (226458) Cancer jordani, Cancer antennarius (226585 226601)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cancer branneri (96591)