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Xanthias

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Xanthias was named by Rathbun (1897). It is extant.

It was assigned to Xanthidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Xanthinae by Collins et al. (2003) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Xanthias Rathbun
2003Xanthias Collins et al. p. 215
2006Xanthias Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Xanthias Schweitzer et al. p. 128

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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
Life
familyXanthidae
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
subfamilyXanthinaeMacLeay 1838
genusXanthias

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. Xanthias Rathbun 1897
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Xanthias maculatus Forskal 1775
Xanthias miocenicus Collins et al. 2003
Xanthias similis Hu 1983
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, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Malaysia (Sabah) X. miocenicus (185833 185834 185835 185836 185837 185845 185846 185847 185848 185850 185852 185854 185856)