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Menippe

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae

Taxonomy
Menippe was named by De Haan (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Menippidae.

It was assigned to Xanthinae by Dana (1851); to Xanthidae by Rathbun (1935), Glaessner (1960) and Feldmann and Keys (1992); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Menippinae by Schweitzer (2005) and Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); to Oziidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Menippidae by Schweitzer et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Menippe De Haan
1851Menippe Dana p. 125
1935Menippe Rathbun p. 85
1960Menippe Glaessner p. 23
1992Menippe Feldmann and Keys p. 10
2002Menippe Sepkoski
2005Menippe Schweitzer p. 280
2006Menippe Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 54
2010Menippe Schweitzer et al. p. 131
2020Menippe Schweitzer et al. p. 3

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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
superfamilyEriphioideaMacLeay 1838
familyMenippidae
genusMenippeDe Haan 1833

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. Menippe De Haan 1833
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Menippe brevimanus Rathbun 1945
Menippe burnsi Rathbun 1935
Menippe cretacea Rathbun 1935
Menippe floridana Rathbun 1935
Menippe frescoensis Remy 1960
Menippe jacksonensis Rathbun 1935
Menippe nodifrons Stimpson 1862
Menippe oceanica Rathbun 1945
Menippe rumphii Fabricius 1798
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available