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Varuna

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae

Taxonomy
Varuna is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Varuninae by Karasawa (1993); and to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Varuna Karasawa p. 81
2002Varuna Sepkoski

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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
Life
ThoracotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGrapsoideaMacLeay 1838
familyVarunidaeMilne-Edwards 1853
subfamilyVaruninaeMilne-Edwards 1853
genusVaruna

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.

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Varuna angustifrons Karasawa 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available