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Actaea acantha

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Cancer acanthus was named by Milne-Edwards (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Actaea acantha by Collins et al. (2009) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Cancer acanthus Milne-Edwards
2009Actaea acantha Collins et al. p. 31 figs. Pl 4, fig 8
2010Actaea acantha Schweitzer et al. p. 124

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyActaeinaeAlcock 1898
genusActaeaDe Haan 1833
speciesacantha(Milne-Edwards 1834)

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.

Actaea acantha Milne-Edwards 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available