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Calappa flammea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

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

It was recombined as Calappa flammea by Rathbun (1918), Rathbun (1919), Rathbun (1930), Rathbun (1935), Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Luque et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Cancer flammeus Herbst p. 161 figs. Pl 40, fig 2
1837Calappa marmorata Fabricius
1860Calappa marmorata Holmes p. 8
1918Calappa flammea Rathbun p. 157
1919Calappa flammea Rathbun p. 169
1930Calappa flammea Rathbun p. 6
1935Calappa flammea Rathbun p. 106
2010Calappa flammea Schweitzer et al. p. 82
2017Calappa flammea Luque et al. p. 33

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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
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusCalappaWeber 1795
speciesflammea()

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.

Calappa flammea Herbst 1794
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Invalid names: Calappa marmorata Fabricius 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Mexico (Baja California) Calappa flammea (133562)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Mexico Calappa flammea (135785)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Calappa flammea (143410 144063)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) Calappa flammea (144057 144058 144059 144060 144062)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Calappa flammea (58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Calappa flammea (136005 136016 145520)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Calappa flammea (79783)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Calappa flammea (228707)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Calappa flammea (228607 228608 228609 228610 228612 228613 228614 228621 228632 228633 228634)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Calappa flammea (228622 228623)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Calappa flammea (150656)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama Calappa flammea (134957)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Calappa marmorata (146584 146585)