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Cyclocancer

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cyclocancer was named by Beurlen (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Mi]. It is not extant. Its type is Cyclocancer tuberculatus.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancrinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).

Species
C. tuberculatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cyclocancer Beurlen
2002Cyclocancer Sepkoski
2010Cyclocancer Schweitzer et al. p. 102
2017Cyclocancer Luque et al. p. 12
2019Cyclocancer Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 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
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusCyclocancerBeurlen 1958

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. †Cyclocancer Beurlen 1958
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Cyclocancer tuberculatus Beurlen 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available