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Heteractaea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Heteractaea was named by Lockington (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Rathbun (1918) and Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Actaeinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Heteractaea Lockington
1918Heteractaea Rathbun p. 171
2002Heteractaea Sepkoski
2006Heteractaea Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Heteractaea Schweitzer et al. p. 124
2017Heteractaea Luque et al. p. 32
2021Heteractaea Schweitzer et al. p. 14

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyActaeinaeAlcock 1898
genusHeteractaeaLockington 1877

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. Heteractaea Lockington 1877
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Heteractaea lunata Milne Edwards and Lucas 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available