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Neptunus monspeliensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Neptunus monspeliensis was named by Milne Edwards (1860).

It was recombined as Portunus monspeliensis by Müller (1984), De Angeli and Garassino (2006) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Neptunus monspeliensis Milne Edwards
1861Neptunus granulatus Milne-Edwards
1898Neptunus granulatus Lörenthey p. 92
1984Portunus monspeliensis Müller p. 79
2006Portunus monspeliensis De Angeli and Garassino p. 283 fig. 8
2010Portunus monspeliensis Schweitzer et al. p. 112

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNeptunusde Haan 1839
speciesmonspeliensisMilne Edwards 1860

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.

Neptunus monspeliensis Milne Edwards 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available