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Montezumella elegans

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Montezumellidae

Taxonomy
Titanocarcinus elegans was named by Lorenthey (1929).

It was recombined as Montezumella elegans by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Busulini et al. (2012) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Titanocarcinus elegans Lorenthey
2010Montezumella elegans Schweitzer et al. p. 103
2012Montezumella elegans Busulini et al. p. 56 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
2019Montezumella elegans Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 8 fig. 6.3

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
Life
superfamilyMontezumelloidea
familyMontezumellidae
genusMontezumella
specieselegans(Lorenthey 1929)

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.

Montezumella elegans Lorenthey 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available