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Portunus woodwardi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Portunus woodwardi was named by Morris and Collins (1991). Its type specimen is BMNH In 61923, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tutong Road, S.5548, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Miri Formation of Brunei Darussalam.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins p. 8 figs. 46, 47
2003Portunus woodwardi Collins et al. p. 212 figs. Pl 4, figs 6-8; pl 5, fig 1
2010Portunus woodwardi Schweitzer et al. p. 113

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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
subfamilyPortuninaeRafinesque 1815
genusPortunusWeber 1795
specieswoodwardi

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.

Portunus woodwardi Morris and Collins 1991
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Diagnosis
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