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Carcineretes

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcineretidae

Taxonomy
Carcineretes was named by Withers (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 961]. It is not extant. Its type is Carcineretes woolacotti. It is the type genus of Carcineretidae.

It was assigned to Heterotremata by Vega et al. (1995); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carcineretidae by Schweitzer et al. (2003), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Karasawa et al. (2008), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Species
C. planetarius, C. woolacotti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Carcineretes Withers
1995Carcineretes Vega et al.
2002Carcineretes Sepkoski
2003Carcineretes Schweitzer et al. p. 44
2006Carcineretes Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 59
2008Carcineretes Karasawa et al. p. 98
2010Carcineretes Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2017Carcineretes Luque et al. p. 29
2021Carcineretes Schweitzer et al. p. 2

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcineretidaeBeurlen 1930
genusCarcineretes

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. †Carcineretes Withers 1922
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Carcineretes woolacotti Withers 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available