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Persephona mediterranea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Cancer mediterraneus was named by Herbst (1794). It is extant.

It was recombined as Persephona mediterranea by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Luque et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Cancer mediterraneus Herbst p. 150 figs. Pl 37, fig 2
2010Persephona mediterranea Schweitzer et al. p. 89
2017Persephona mediterranea Luque et al. p. 49

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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
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyLeucosiidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyEbaliinaeStimpson 1871
genusPersephonaLeach 1817
speciesmediterranea()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available