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Zanthopsis leachii

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Zanthopsidae

Taxonomy
Cancer leachii was named by Desmarest (1822). It is the type species of Zanthopsis.

It was recombined as Xanthopsis leachii by Bell (1858); it was recombined as Zanthopsis leachii by M'Coy (1849), Schweitzer et al. (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cancer leachii Desmarest
1849Zanthopsis leachii M'Coy p. 163
1858Xanthopsis leachii Bell p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4
2009Zanthopsis leachii Schweitzer et al. p. 9
2010Zanthopsis leachii Schweitzer et al. p. 118
2018Zanthopsis leachii Schweitzer et al. p. 18 fig. 12.3

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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
superfamilyCarpilioidea
familyZanthopsidaeVia 1959
genusZanthopsis
speciesleachii(Desmarest 1822)

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.

Zanthopsis leachii Desmarest 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available