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Coenobitidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Coenobitidae

Taxonomy
Coenobitidae was named by Dana (1851). It is extant. Its type is Coenobita.

It was assigned to Paguroidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Subtaxa
Birgus, Coenobita (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Coenobitidae Dana
2010Coenobitidae Schweitzer et al. p. 53

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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
superfamilyPaguroideaLatreille 1802
familyCoenobitidaeDana 1851
familyCoenobitidaeDana 1851

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.

Fm. Coenobitidae Dana 1851
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G. Birgus Leach 1816
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Birgus latro Linnaeus 1767
G. Coenobita Latreille 1829
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Coenobita rugosus Bouvier 1890
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Invalid names: Coenobita granulata Bouvier 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Neogene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Fiji Birgus latro (136019)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Fiji Coenobita granulatus (136023)