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Speocarcininae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Speocarcininae was named by Stevcic (2005). It is extant. Its type is Speocarcinus.

It was assigned to Xanthidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Speocarcinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Speocarcininae Stevcic
2010Speocarcininae Schweitzer et al. p. 127
2021Speocarcininae 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
subfamilySpeocarcininaeStevcic 2005
subfamilySpeocarcininaeStevcic 2005

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. Speocarcininae Stevcic 2005
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G. Speocarcinus Stimpson 1862
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†Speocarcinus berglundi Tucker 1994
†Speocarcinus latus Beschin et al. 2016
†Speocarcinus tuberculatus Beschin et al. 2005
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: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Speocarcinus latus (207470)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Paraxanthosia tuberculata (207553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Speocarcinus californiensis (160361)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) Speocarcinus carolinensis (146572)