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Corystoidea

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Corystoidea was named by Samouelle (1819). It is extant. Its type is Corystes.

It was assigned to Heterotremata by Feldmann and Keys (1992) and Schweitzer and Feldmann (1999).

Subtaxa
Corystidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Corystoidea Samouelle
1992Corystoidea Feldmann and Keys p. 10
1999Corystoidea Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 237

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyCorystoideaSamouelle 1819
superfamilyCorystoideaSamouelle 1819

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.

Superfm. Corystoidea Samouelle 1819
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Fm. Corystidae Samouelle 1819
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G. Corystes Latreille 1802
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Subg. †Corystes (Anisopus) den Haan 1833
†Corystes cassivelaunus Pennant 1777
†Corystes minisculus Feldmann and Wilson 1988
G. †Corystites Muller 1984
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†Corystites latifrons Loerenthy 1929
†Corystites vicetinus De Angeli et al. 2010
Invalid names: Microcorystes Lorenthey 1929 [replaced]
G. †Gomezinus Collins et al. 2003
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†Gomezinus tuberculatus Collins et al. 2003
G. †Harenacorystes van Bakel et al. 2009
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†Harenacorystes johanjansseni van Bakel et al. 2009
G. †Hebertides Guinot et al. 2007
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†Hebertides jurassica Guinot et al. 2007
G. †Micromithrax Noetling 1881
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†Micromithrax grippi Müller 1974
†Micromithrax holsatica Noetling 1881
G. Padocatactes Ortmann 1893
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Padocatactes hamifer Ortmann 1893
†Padocatactes ujiharai Karasawa 1993
G. Pseudocorystes Milne-Edwards 1837
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Pseudocorystes armatus Milne-Edwards 1837
G. †Ypresicorystes Beschin et al. 2016
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†Ypresicorystes expansus Beschin et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Micromithrax minisculus (57761)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Ypresicorystes expansus (207470)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Antarctica Micromithrax minisculus (173111)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Corystites vicetinus (207618)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Vicenza) Corystites vicetinus (207617)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Hebertides jurassica (127499)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malaysia (Sarawak) Gomezinus tuberculatus (175181)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Micromithrax grippi (140154)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Harenacorystes johanjansseni (89447)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Miyazaki) Padocatactes ujiharai (127699 127700)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Shizuoka) Padocatactes hamifer (127713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Corystes holsaticus (221310)