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Mesogalathea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paragalatheidae

Taxonomy
Mesogalathea was named by Housa (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: J u K u]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paragalathea by Bishop (1985).

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Galatheidae by Housa (1963) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Paragalatheidae by Robins et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mesogalathea Housa
2002Mesogalathea Sepkoski
2010Mesogalathea Schweitzer et al. p. 50
2016Mesogalathea Robins et al. p. 80

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyGalatheoideaSamouelle 1819
familyParagalatheidae
genusMesogalatheaHousa 1963

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. †Mesogalathea Housa 1963
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Mesogalathea ardua Gašparič et al. 2020
Mesogalathea macra Robins et al. 2016
Mesogalathea pyxis Robins et al. 2016
Mesogalathea retusa Robins et al. 2016
Mesogalathea striata Remes 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available