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Polydectinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Discussion

Only unnamed species

Taxonomy
Polydectinae was named by Dana (1851). It is extant. Its type is Polydectus.

It was assigned to Cancridae by Dana (1851); and to Xanthidae by Karasawa (1993), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Lybia, Polydectus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Polydectinae Dana
1993Polydectinae Karasawa p. 58
2010Polydectinae Schweitzer et al.
2021Polydectinae Schweitzer et al. p. 21

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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
subfamilyPolydectinaeDana 1851
subfamilyPolydectinaeDana 1851

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. Polydectinae Dana 1851
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G. Lybia Milne Edwards 1834
G. Polydectus Milne-Edwards 1837
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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Japan (Shizuoka) Lybia sp. (202476)