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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
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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Romaleon jordani (138719)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Romaleon jordani (138721 138722 138724)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cancer jordani (20639 200409 219031 219034 226457 226574 226578 226580 226584 226595) Romaleon jordani (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cancer jordani (226471)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cancer jordani (59063 160361 219032 226458 226585 226601)