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Bartethusa hepatica

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae

Taxonomy
Bartethusa hepatica was named by Quayle and Collins (1981). Its type specimen is BM In.61704, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horizon A3, Christchurch Bay, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Bartethusa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Bartethusa hepatica Quayle and Collins p. 738 figs. Pl 104, fig 4
2010Bartethusa hepatica Schweitzer et al. p. 79
2021Bartethusa hepatica Schweitzer et al. p. 1 fig. 1.3

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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
superfamilyDorippoideaMacLeay 1838
familyDorippidaeMacLeay 1838
genusBartethusa
specieshepatica

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.

Bartethusa hepatica Quayle and Collins 1981
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Diagnosis
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