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Benthesicymidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Benthesicymidae

Taxonomy
Benthesicymidae was named by Wood-Mason (1891). It is extant.

It was assigned to Penaeoidea by Poore and Ahyong (2004) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason
2004Benthesicymidae Poore and Ahyong
2010Benthesicymidae Schweitzer et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilyPenaeoideaRafinesque 1815
familyBenthesicymidaeWood-Mason 1891
familyBenthesicymidaeWood-Mason 1891

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. Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason 1891
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G. Benthesicymus Bate 1881
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Benthesicymus investigatoris Alcock and Anderson 1899
Benthesicymus libanensis Brocchi 1875
G. Gennadas Bate 1881
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Gennadas capensis Calman 1925
Gennadas gilchristi Calman 1925
Gennadas incertus Balss 1927
Gennadas kempi Stebbing 1914
Gennadas propinquus Rathbun 1906
Gennadas scutatus Bouvier 1906
Gennadas tinayrei Bouvier 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:32:18
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:32:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Benthesicymus libanensis (212871)