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Menippidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae

Taxonomy
Menippidae was named by Ortmann (1893). It is extant. Its type is Menippe.

It was assigned to Xanthoidea by Karasawa (1993); and to Eriphioidea by Schweitzer et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Menippe (type genus), Pseudocarcinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Menippidae Ortmann p. 431
1993Menippidae Karasawa p. 66
2020Menippidae Schweitzer et al. p. 2

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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
superfamilyEriphioideaMacLeay 1838
familyMenippidae
familyMenippidae

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.

Fm. Menippidae Ortmann 1893
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G. Menippe De Haan 1833
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†Menippe brevimanus Rathbun 1945
†Menippe burnsi Rathbun 1935
†Menippe cretacea Rathbun 1935
†Menippe floridana Rathbun 1935
†Menippe frescoensis Remy 1960
†Menippe jacksonensis Rathbun 1935
Menippe nodifrons Stimpson 1862
†Menippe oceanica Rathbun 1945
Menippe rumphii Fabricius 1798
G. Pseudocarcinus Milne-Edwards 1834
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Pseudocarcinus gigas Lamarck 1818 [Tasmania giant crab]
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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Menippe cretacea (142540)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Menippe cretacea (142739)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Menippe sp. (83238)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Menippe sp. (5366)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Menippe sp. (5344 5345 5353 5354)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Menippe burnsi (142966)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Menippe burnsi (142965)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Menippe jakcsonensis (142970)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji Menippe oceanica (136573)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (Florida) Menippe nodifrons (143411)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) Menippe floridana (150410)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand Menippe sp. (67889)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) Menippe floridana (144205) Menippe nodifrons (144060)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Menippe oceanica (68330)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Menippe floridana (150409)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand (South Island) Pseudocarcinus sp. (202184)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Menippe brevimanus, Menippe oceanica (68181 136142)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Menippe nodifrons (150650)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Menippe mercenaria (150656)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Menippe obtusa (146569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Menippe nodifrons (146566)