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Metacarcinus anthonyi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer anthonyi was named by Rathbun (1897). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancer (Metacarcinus) anthonyi by Nations (1975); it was recombined as Metacarcinus anthonyi by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2000) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cancer anthonyi Rathbun
1926Cancer anthonyi Rathbun p. 64
1975Cancer (Metacarcinus) anthonyi Nations p. 32 figs. 4, 13, 14, 35-5, 35-6
2000Metacarcinus anthonyi Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 235
2010Metacarcinus anthonyi Schweitzer et al. p. 102

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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
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusMetacarcinusMilne Edwards 1862
speciesanthonyi(Rathbun 1897)

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.

Metacarcinus anthonyi Rathbun 1897
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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 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cancer anthonyi (226462 226488)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Metacarcinus anthonyi (138721)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (California) Cancer anthonyi (226545)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer anthonyi (20639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer anthonyi (59063 160361 226576)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cancer anthonyi (226471)