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Psammocarcinus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Psammocarcinidae

Taxonomy
Psammocarcinus was named by Milne-Edwards (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Ol-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Portunus hericarti. It is the type genus of Psammocarcinidae.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Psammocarcinidae by Karasawa et al. (2008) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Psammocarcinus Milne-Edwards
2002Psammocarcinus Sepkoski
2006Psammocarcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008Psammocarcinus Karasawa et al. p. 110
2010Psammocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 114

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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
familyPsammocarcinidaeBerrlen 1930
genusPsammocarcinusMilne-Edwards 1860

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. †Psammocarcinus Milne-Edwards 1860
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Psammocarcinus hericarti Desmarest 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available