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Lepidophthalmus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Lepidophthalmus was named by Holmes (1904). It is extant.

It was assigned to Callianassidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Callichirinae by Manning and Felder (1991) and Hyzny and Dulai (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Lepidophthalmus Holmes
1991Lepidophthalmus Manning and Felder p. 778
2010Lepidophthalmus Schweitzer et al. p. 38
2013Lepidophthalmus Hyzny and Dulai p. 950

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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
subfamilyCallichirinae
genusLepidophthalmusHolmes 1904

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.

G. Lepidophthalmus Holmes 1904
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Lepidophthalmus crateriferus Lorenthey 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 01:43:23
Modified: 2023-11-13 01:43:23
Source: superf = superfamily, infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Hungary L. crateriferus (156757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica L. jamaicense (185031)