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Euphylax fortispinosus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Euphylax fortispinosus was named by Collins et al. (2001). Its type specimen is NHM IC.117b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Morant Harbour, unit 0, which is in a Pleistocene transition zone/lower shoreface siliciclastic in the Manchioneal Formation of Jamaica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Euphylax fortispinosus Collins et al. p. 8 fig. 1,2
2010Euphylax fortispinosus Schweitzer et al. p. 110
2017Euphylax fortispinosus Luque et al. p. 65

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPodophthalminae()
genusEuphylaxStimpson 1862
speciesfortispinosus

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.

†Euphylax fortispinosus Collins et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
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