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Glyphea cretacea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae

Taxonomy
Glyphea cretacea was named by McCoy (1854). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Glyphea cretacea McCoy
1863Glyphea cretacea Bell p. 37 figs. Pl 11, figs 11-13
1868Glyphea cretacea Schlüter p. 296
2010Glyphea cretacea Schweitzer et al. p. 18

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyGlypheidaeWinckler 1883
genusGlypheaVon Meyer 1835
speciescretaceaMcCoy 1854

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.

Glyphea cretacea McCoy 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:10:56
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:10:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Germany Glyphea cretacea (190081)