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Romaleon jordani

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Taxonomy
Cancer jordani was named by Rathbun (1900). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Cancer jordani Rathbun
1926Cancer jordani Rathbun p. 64
1975Cancer (Romaleon) jordani Nations p. 36 figs. 4, 15, 16, 31-3, 31-4
2000Romaleon jordani Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 243
2010Romaleon jordani 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
genusRomaleonGistl 1848
speciesjordani(Rathbun 1900)

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.

Romaleon jordani Rathbun 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available