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Corystidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Corystidae

Discussion

The brachyuran decapod family, not the echinoid family of same name (a homonym)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Corystidae Samouelle
1993Corystidae Karasawa p. 47
2003Corystidae Collins et al. p. 211
2009Corystidae van Bakel et al. p. 80
2010Corystidae Schweitzer et al. p. 104
2019Corystidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
superfamilyCorystoideaSamouelle 1819
familyCorystidaeSamouelle 1819
familyCorystidaeSamouelle 1819

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. Corystidae Samouelle 1819
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G. Corystes Latreille 1802
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Subg. †Corystes (Anisopus) den Haan 1833
Corystes cassivelaunus Pennant 1777
Corystes minisculus Feldmann and Wilson 1988
G. †Corystites Muller 1984
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Corystites latifrons Loerenthy 1929
Corystites vicetinus De Angeli et al. 2010
Invalid names: Microcorystes Lorenthey 1929 [replaced]
G. †Gomezinus Collins et al. 2003
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Gomezinus tuberculatus Collins et al. 2003
G. †Harenacorystes van Bakel et al. 2009
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Harenacorystes johanjansseni van Bakel et al. 2009
G. †Hebertides Guinot et al. 2007
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Hebertides jurassica Guinot et al. 2007
G. †Micromithrax Noetling 1881
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Micromithrax grippi Müller 1974
Micromithrax holsatica Noetling 1881
G. Padocatactes Ortmann 1893
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Padocatactes hamifer Ortmann 1893
Padocatactes ujiharai Karasawa 1993
G. Pseudocorystes Milne-Edwards 1837
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Pseudocorystes armatus Milne-Edwards 1837
G. †Ypresicorystes Beschin et al. 2016
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Ypresicorystes expansus Beschin et al. 2016
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 16:25:42
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:25:42
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Ypresicorystes expansus (207470)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Micromithrax minisculus (57761)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Antarctica Micromithrax minisculus (173111)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Corystites vicetinus (207618)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Vicenza) Corystites vicetinus (207617)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Hebertides jurassica (127499)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malaysia (Sarawak) Gomezinus tuberculatus (175181)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Micromithrax grippi (140154)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Harenacorystes johanjansseni (89447)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Shizuoka) Padocatactes hamifer (127713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Miyazaki) Padocatactes ujiharai (127699 127700)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Corystes holsaticus (221310)