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Scyllarus
Taxonomy
Scyllarus was named by Fabricius (1775) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Scyllaridae.
It was reranked as Cancer (Scyllarus) by Koenig (1825).
It was assigned to Cancer by Koenig (1825); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scyllaridae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2015).
It was reranked as Cancer (Scyllarus) by Koenig (1825).
It was assigned to Cancer by Koenig (1825); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scyllaridae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1775 | Scyllarus Fabricius p. 413 |
1825 | Cancer (Scyllarus) Koenig p. 3 |
2002 | Scyllarus Sepkoski |
2010 | Scyllarus Schweitzer et al. p. 47 |
2015 | Scyllarus Schweitzer et al. p. 12 |
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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. Scyllarus Fabricius 1775
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†Scyllarus junghumi Bohm 1922
†Scyllarus mantelli Desmarest 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available