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Galathea valmaranensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Taxonomy
Galathea valmaranensis was named by de Angeli and Garassino (2002). Its type specimen is MCZ 2228, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valmarana, which is in a Rupelian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Galathea valmaranensis de Angeli and Garassino p. 8 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; pl 2, fig 1; text-fig 6
2008Galathea valmaranensis De Angeli and Beschin p. 17
2010Galathea valmaranensis Schweitzer et al. p. 49

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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)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyGalatheidaeSamouelle 1819
genusGalatheaFabricius 1793
speciesvalmaranensis

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.

†Galathea valmaranensis de Angeli and Garassino 2002
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Diagnosis
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