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Actaeinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Actaeinae Alcock
2010Actaeinae Schweitzer et al. p. 124
2017Actaeinae Luque et al. p. 32
2021Actaeinae Schweitzer et al. p. 12

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyActaeinaeAlcock 1898
subfamilyActaeinaeAlcock 1898

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.

Subfm. Actaeinae Alcock 1898
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G. Actaea De Haan 1833
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Actaea acantha Milne-Edwards 1834
Actaea bifrons Rathbun 1898
†Actaea calzadai Muller 1984
†Actaea cretacea Rathbun 1935
†Actaea persica Milne-Edwards 1865
Actaea polyacantha Heller 1861
Actaea pura Stimpson 1859
Actaea rufopunctata Milne-Edwards 1834
Actaea semblatae Guinot 1976
†Actaea tropicana Hu and Tao 1996
†Actaea turcocampestris Muller 1984
G. Actaeodes Dana 1851
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Actaeodes tomentosus Milne-Edwards 1834
G. †Actaeops Portell and Collins 2004
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†Actaeops frontalis Portell and Collins 2004
G. †Eoxanthops Beschin et al. 2016
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†Eoxanthops scutatus Beschin et al. 2016
G. Forestiana Guinot and Low 2010
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Invalid names: Forestia Guinot 1976 [replaced]
G. Gaillardiellus Guinot 1976
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G. Heteractaea Lockington 1877
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Heteractaea lunata Milne Edwards and Lucas 1843
G. †Lambropsis Lorenthey 1909
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†Lambropsis wanneri Lorenthey 1909
G. Paractaea Guinot 1969
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G. †Phlyctenodes Milne-Edwards 1862
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†Phlyctenodes dalpiazi Fabiani 1911
†Phlyctenodes depressus Milne Edwards 1865
†Phlyctenodes edwardsi Beschin et al. 2016
†Phlyctenodes irregularis Ristori 1896
†Phlyctenodes krenneri Lörenthey 1898
†Phlyctenodes multituberculatus Beschin et al. 2007
†Phlyctenodes nicolisi Bittner 1884
†Phlyctenodes pustulosus Milne-Edwards 1862
†Phlyctenodes steinmanni Lorenthey 1902
†Phlyctenodes tuberculosus Milne-Edwards 1862
G. †Pseudophlyctenodes Busulini 2006
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†Pseudophlyctenodes hantkenii Lörenthey 1898
G. Serenius Guinot 1976
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Serenius ceylonicus Laurie 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Actaea cretacea (141174)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Hungary (Budapest) Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes steinmanni (138811)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Vicenze) Phlyctenodes multituberculatus (127545)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes multituberculatus (207471) Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes multituberculatus, Phlyctenodes tuberculosus, Eoxanthops scutatus, Phlyctenodes edwardsi (207470) Phlyctenodes multituberculatus (140158)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes multituberculatus (207556) Phlyctenodes nicolisi (77119) Phlyctenodes pustulosus (226785) Phlyctenodes pustulosus, Phlyctenodes steinmanni (207553) Phlyctenodes steinmanni (226614)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Hungary Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes hantkeni (207773)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Egypt Lambropsis wanneri (232605)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Phlyctenodes dalpiazi, Phlyctenodes krenneri, Phlyctenodes steinmanni, Phlyctenodes tuberculosus (207550) Phlyctenodes tuberculosus (207785)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Actaeops frontalis (228737)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Actaea turcocampestris (207755)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Actaea calzadai (70882 70885)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Actaea sp. (69922)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Heteractaea lunata (228706)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Costa Rica Heteractaea lunata (135452)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) Heteractaea lunata (228547)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados Actaea rufopunctata (185890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Actaea bifrons, Actaea acantha (185031)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Actaea sulcata (147227)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Actaea nodosa (147239)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Actaea labyrinthica (147250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Flrida) Actaea erosa (146568)