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Ovalipes

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Geryonidae

Taxonomy
Ovalipes was named by Rathbun (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Ovalipidae.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Glaessner (1960), Feldmann and Keys (1992) and Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); to Polybiinae by Karasawa et al. (2008) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); to Ovalipidae by Luque et al. (2017); and to Ovalipinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Anisopus den Haan p. 13
1898Ovalipes Rathbun
1960Ovalipes Glaessner p. 22
1992Ovalipes Feldmann and Keys p. 10
2002Ovalipes Sepkoski
2006Ovalipes Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008Ovalipes Karasawa et al. p. 100
2010Ovalipes Schweitzer et al. p. 106
2017Ovalipes Luque et al. p. 49
2021Ovalipes Schweitzer et al. p. 16

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyGeryonidaeColosi 1923
subfamilyOvalipinae(Spiridonov 2014)
genusOvalipesRathbun 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.

G. Ovalipes Rathbun 1898
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Ovalipes formosanus Hu and Tao 1996
Ovalipes punctatus De Haan 1833
Ovalipes stephensoni Williams 1976
Invalid names: Anisopus den Haan 1833 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica O. sp. (228744)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588New Zealand (South Island) O. sp. (202183)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Zealand O. punctatus (59979)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) O. punctata (110492)