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Homolidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Homolidae De Haan
1833Homolidae de Haan
1926Homolidae Rathbun p. 85
1992Homolidae Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen p. 16
1992Homolidae Karasawa p. 1248
1993Homolidae Karasawa p. 40
2001Homolidae Schweitzer p. 522
2004Homolidae Larghi p. 528
2006Homolidae Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2010Homolidae Schweitzer et al. p. 68
2012Homolidae Feldmann et al. p. 1
2017Homolidae Luque et al. p. 15

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Homoloida
superfamilyHomoloideade Haan 1839
familyHomolidaeDe Haan 1833
familyHomolidaeDe Haan 1833

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.

Fm. Homolidae De Haan 1833
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G. †Antarctomithrax Feldmann 1994
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†Antarctomithrax thomsoni Feldmann 1994
G. †Ariecornibus Franţescu 2014
G. †Cretalamoha Nyborg and Garassino 2017
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†Cretalamoha boweni Nyborg and Garassino 2017
G. Dagnaudus Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
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Dagnaudus petterdi Grant 1905
†Dagnaudus pritchardi Jenkins 1977
G. †Doerflesia Feldmann and Schweitzer 2009
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†Doerflesia ornata Feldmann and Schweitzer 2009
G. Homola Leach 1815
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†Homola bajaensis Schweitzer et al. 2006
†Homola barbata Fabricius 1793
†Homola coriolisi Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
†Homola dickinsoni Eldredge 1980
†Homola eldredgei Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
†Homola ikedai Sakai 1979
Homola mieensis Sakai 1979
†Homola minima Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
Homola orientalis Henderson 1888
†Homola ranunculus Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
†Homola spinifrons Milne Edwards 1880
†Homola vancouverensis Schweitzer 2001
†Homola vanzoi Beschin et al. 2009
†Homola vigil Milne Edwards 1880
G. Homolochunia Doflein 1904
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Homolochunia gadaleta Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
Homolochunia kullar Griffin and Brown 1976
G. Homologenus Henderson 1888
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G. Homolomannia Ihle 1912
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Homolomannia occlusa Guinot and Richer de Forges 1981
G. †Homolopsis Bishop and Brannen 1992
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†Homolopsis atlantica Roberts 1962
†Homolopsis chilensis Forster and Stinnesbeck 1987
†Homolopsis edwardsii Bell 1863
†Homolopsis gibbosa Schluter 1879
†Homolopsis glabra Wright and Collins 1972
†Homolopsis hachiyai Takeda and Fujiyama 1983
†Homolopsis japonicus Yokoyama 1911
†Homolopsis spinulosa Glaessner 1980
†Homolopsis tuberculata van Straelen 1936
†Homolopsis williamsi Bishop 1992
G. †Hoplitocarcinus Beurlen 1928
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G. Lamoha Ng 1998
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Lamoha murotoensis Sakai 1979
Lamoha superciliosa Wood-Mason and Alcock 1891
G. †Latheticocarcinus Bishop 1988
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†Latheticocarcinus adelphinus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
†Latheticocarcinus affinis Jakobsen and Collins 1997
†Latheticocarcinus brevis Collins et al. 1993
†Latheticocarcinus brightoni Wright and Collins 1972
†Latheticocarcinus declinatus Collins et al. 1995
†Latheticocarcinus dispar Roberts 1962
†Latheticocarcinus italicus De Angeli and Ceccon 2013
†Latheticocarcinus ludvigseni Schweitzer et al. 2004
†Latheticocarcinus pikeae Bishop and Brannen 1992
†Latheticocarcinus sergeevi Mychko and Schweitzer 2026
†Latheticocarcinus spinigus Jakobsen and Collins 1997
†Latheticocarcinus transiens Segerberg 1900
Invalid names: Eohomola Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 [synonym], Metahomola Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 [synonym]
G. Latreillopsis Henderson 1888
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Latreillopsis bispinosa Henderson 1888
Latreillopsis tetraspinosa Dai and Chen 1980
G. †Lignihomola Collins 1997
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†Lignihomola etheridgei Woodward 1892
G. †Londinimola Collins and Saward 2006
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†Londinimola williamsi Collins and Saward 2006
G. Moloha Barnard 1947
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Moloha majora Kubo 1936
G. †Navarrahomola Artal et al. 2012
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†Navarrahomola hispanica Artal et al. 2012
G. †Nogarhomola De Angeli and Alberti 2012
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†Nogarhomola aurorae De Angeli and Alberti 2012
G. Paromola Wood-Mason 1891
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Paromola japonica Parisi 1915
†Paromola roseburgensis Nyborg and Garassino 2017
†Paromola vetula Crawford 2008
G. Paromolopsis Wood-Mason and Alcock 1891
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Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason and Alcock 1891
†Paromolopsis piersoni Schweitzer et al. 2004
G. †Prohomola Karasawa 1992
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†Prohomola japonica Yokoyama 1911
†Prohomola katunai Blow and Manning 1996
G. Yaldwynopsis Guinot and Richer de Forges 1995
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Yaldwynopsis saguili Richer de Forges and Ng 2007
G. †Zygastrocarcinus Bishop 1983
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†Zygastrocarcinus carolinasensis Klompmaker et al. 2013
†Zygastrocarcinus griesi Bishop 1983
†Zygastrocarcinus waagei Feldmann et al. 2008
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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 145.06000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Doerflesia ornata (89462)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Doerflesia ornata (89472)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77USA (Texas) Homolopsis pikeae (235368)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Yonne) Homolopsis tuberculata (139705)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Italy (Udine) H. sp. (277539)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland (Sainte-Croix) Homolopsis edwardsi (139704)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwata) Homolopsis hachiyai (146565)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Homolopsis edwardsi (1827)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Homolopsis glabra (171908) Latheticocarcinus brightoni (171964)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Homolopsis edwardsi (275743)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France (Haute-Marne) Homolopsis edwardsi (139708)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Navarro) Navarrahomola hispanica (125667)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Montana) Zygastrocarcinus waagei (89474)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Homolopsis etheridgei (37658) Prosopon etheridgei (207143)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Latheticocarcinus brightoni (172273)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Zygastrocarcinus waagei (191873)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain Navarrahomola hispanica (139171)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Spain (Basque) Homolopsis edwardsi (235777)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Latheticocarcinus brightoni (153947)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Homolopsis edwardsii (69119)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (Northern Territory) Homolopsis spinulosa (37705)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Homolopsis pikeae (234310)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Montana) Zygastrocarcinus cardsmithi (235352)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Denmark (Faxe) Homolopsis transiens (134735)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan Metahomola brevis (185008)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Cretalamoha boweni (212862)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Metahomola brevis (185005 185006)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Belgium Hoplitocarcinus gibbosus (234711)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Latheticocarcinus atlanticus (125956 164900)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Homolopsis dispar, Homolopsis atlantica (235827)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Homolopsis dispar, Homolopsis atlantica (277294)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Greenland Eohomola adelphina (70235)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Zygastrocarcinus griesi (235360)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Latheticocarcinus punctatus (275705)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Greenland Eohomola adelphina (226390)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Homolopsis sp. (90157)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Homolopsis mendryki, Homolopsis punctata (235362) Homolopsis punctata (134956)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Homolopsis declinata (138765)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Latheticocarcinus shapiroi (178570)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (mississippi) Latheticocarcinus atlanticus (232464)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greenland Eohomola adelphina (70221 70223)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Homolopsis sp. 1, Homolopsis sp. 2, Eohomola affinis, Homolopsis spiniga (146257) Latheticocarcinus affinis, Latheticocarcinus spinigus (227080)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Russian Federation Latheticocarcinus sergeevi (277997)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Paromola roseburgensis (232216)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Homola vanzoi (207595) Latheticocarcinus italicus (145127)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Homolopsis sp. (76601) Londinimola williamsi (13299)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Homola vancouverensis (234707)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Antarctomithrax thomsoni (191749)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan (Fukuoka) Prohomola japonica (168601)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Prohomola katunai (191869 191870)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Nogarhomola aurorae (184968)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Homola vanzoi (146999)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Homola bajaensis (58661)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Japan Homolopsis japonicus (179905)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Río Negro) Paromola vetula (226363)