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Actaea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Actaea was named by De Haan (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Actaeinae.

It was assigned to Xanthinae by Dana (1851); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Rathbun (1935) and Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Actaeinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Actaea De Haan
1851Actaea Dana p. 125
1935Actaea Rathbun p. 55
2002Actaea Sepkoski
2006Actaea Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Actaea Schweitzer et al. p. 124
2021Actaea Schweitzer et al. p. 12

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyActaeinaeAlcock 1898
genusActaeaDe Haan 1833

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. Actaea De Haan 1833
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Actaea acantha Milne-Edwards 1834
Actaea bifrons Rathbun 1898
Actaea calzadai Muller 1984
Actaea cretacea Rathbun 1935
Actaea persica Milne-Edwards 1865
Actaea polyacantha Heller 1861
Actaea pura Stimpson 1859
Actaea rufopunctata Milne-Edwards 1834
Actaea semblatae Guinot 1976
Actaea tropicana Hu and Tao 1996
Actaea turcocampestris Muller 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available