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Dardanus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calcinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Dardanus Paulson
1926Dardanus Rathbun p. 102
1984Dardanus Müller p. 58
1991Dardanus Muller and Collins p. 51
1993Dardanus Karasawa p. 37
2001Dardanus Vega et al. p. 931
2002Dardanus Schweitzer et al. p. 5
2002Dardanus Sepkoski
2005Dardanus Beschin et al. p. 14
2005Dardanus Todd and Collins p. 67
2009Dardanus Collins et al. p. 91
2010Dardanus Schweitzer et al. p. 53
2012Dardanus Beschin et al. p. 26
2015Dardanus Beschin et al. p. 54
2016Dardanus Beschin et al. p. 47
2017Dardanus Luque et al. p. 8
2018Dardanus Beschin et al. p. 151
2022Dardanus Ferratges p. 179

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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
familyCalcinidaeFraaije et al. 2017
genusDardanusPaulson 1875

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. Dardanus Paulson 1875
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Dardanus arnoldi Rathbun 1926
Dardanus arrosor Herbst 1796
Dardanus australis Forest and Morgan 1991
Dardanus balaitus Ferratges 2022
Dardanus bayani Beschin et al. 2016
Dardanus biordines Todd and Collins 2005
Dardanus braggensis Beschin et al. 2015
Dardanus colosseus Fraaije and Polkowsky 2016
Dardanus crassimanus Milne-Edwards 1836
Dardanus curtimanus Muller and Collins 1991
Dardanus deformis Milne-Edwards 1836
Dardanus faxensis Jakobsen et al. 2020
Dardanus gemmatus Milne-Edwards 1848
Dardanus helleri Paul'son 1875
Dardanus hungaricus Lörenthey and Beurlen 1929
Dardanus impressus De Haan 1849
Dardanus lauensis Rathbun 1945
Dardanus mediterraneus Lorenthey 1907
Dardanus megistos Herbst 1804
Dardanus mexicanus Vega et al. 2001
Dardanus muelleri Karasawa and Inoue 1992
Dardanus portmorantensis Collins and Donovan 2012
Dardanus setifer Milne-Edwards 1836
Dardanus squamatus Collins et al. 2009
Dardanus substriatus Milne-Edwards 1861
Dardanus suessi Beschin et al. 2016
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 Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark D. faxensis (184348)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Mexico (Baja California) D. mexicanus (133561)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Hungary (Budapest) D. curtimanus (138811)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Austria D. colosseus (226515)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy D. curtimanus, D. bayani, D. braggensis (207470) D. suessi (207474)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain D. balaitus (210299 226427)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Italy (Verona) D. braggensis (144537)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.2Mexico (Baja California Sur) D. mexicanus (45693)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Mexico (Chiapas) D. mexicanus (133560 202297)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy D. braggensis (207556) D. sp. (207553)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy D. curtimanus (207550)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji D. arrosor, D. mediterraneus (136574)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan D. muelleri (147808 147809 147810 147811 147812 147817 147818 147819 147820 147821)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Italy D. muelleri (147814)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Italy (Umbria) D. substriatus (127508)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland D. hungaricus (32516)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary D. arrosor (207755) D. hungaricus (152608 207751) D. sp. (207753)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic D. squamatus (99852 99854)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta D. hungaricus (131977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic D. squamatus (94106)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) D. biordines (228683)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Pagurus substriatus (226987)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji D. laensis (68180) D. lauensis (68181 136139 136142)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) D. substriatus (127462)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Siena) D. substriatus (221598)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) D. arnoldi (138719)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) D. arnoldi (138722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) D. arnoldi (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Fiji D. gemmatus (136023)