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Leucosilia

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Leucosilia was named by Bell (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Leucosiidae by Rathbun (1918); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ebaliinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Karasawa et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Leucosilia Bell
1918Leucosilia Rathbun p. 161
2002Leucosilia Sepkoski
2010Leucosilia Schweitzer et al. p. 88
2017Leucosilia Luque et al. p. 31
2019Leucosilia Karasawa et al. p. 5

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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
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyLeucosiidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyEbaliinaeStimpson 1871
genusLeucosiliaBell 1855

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. Leucosilia Bell 1855
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Leucosilia bananensis Rathbun 1918
Leucosilia jurinei Saussure 1853
Leucosilia jurinii De Saussure 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available