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Podophthalmus vigil (periscope crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Portunus vigil was named by Fabricius (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Podophthalmus vigil by Kesling (1958), Collins et al. (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Portunus vigil Fabricius
1958Podophthalmus vigil Kesling p. 230
2003Podophthalmus vigil Collins et al. p. 212 figs. Pl 6, fig 1
2010Podophthalmus vigil Schweitzer et al. p. 110
2021Podophthalmus vigil Schweitzer et al. p. 25 fig. 13.4a,b

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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
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPodophthalminae()
genusPodophthalmusLamarck 1801
speciesvigil(Fabricius 1798)

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.

Podophthalmus vigil Fabricius 1798 [periscope crab]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available