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Callianassa whiteavesi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa whiteavesi was named by Woodward (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Comox River (Newcombe collection), which is in a Santonian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Canada.

It was corrected as Callianassa whiteavesii by Woodward (1896), Woodward (1900) and Rathbun (1926); it was recombined as Calliax whiteavesi by Schweitzer et al. (2003) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Callianassa whiteavesi Woodward
1896Callianassa whiteavesii Woodward p. 223 fig. 1,2
1900Callianassa whiteavesii Woodward p. 435 figs. Pl 17, figs 2a,b
1926Callianassa whiteavesii Rathbun p. 107
1980Callianassa whiteavesi Feldmann and McPherson p. 16 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3,6,7
2003Calliax whiteavesi Schweitzer et al. p. 13
2010Calliax whiteavesi Schweitzer et al. p. 37

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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)
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
superfamilyCallianassoideaDana 1852
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCallianassaLeach 1814
specieswhiteavesi

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.

Callianassa whiteavesi Woodward 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available