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Ctenocheles secretanae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae

Taxonomy
Ctenocheles secretanae was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002). Its type specimen is SDSNH 81091 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ocean Ranch, which is in an Uintan marine siltstone in the Santiago Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Ctenocheles secretanae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 946 figs. Figs. 5–7
2010Ctenocheles secretanae Schweitzer et al. p. 40

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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
familyCtenochelidae
genusCtenochelesKishinouye 1926
speciessecretanae

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.

Ctenocheles secretanae Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2002Ctenochelid with nearly equidimensional manus on major chela whose upper margin is straight and whose lower margin is only slightly rounded.