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Zalasius

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Zalasius was named by Rathbun (1897). It is extant. It is the type genus of Zalasiinae.

It was assigned to Xanthidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Zalasiinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Trichia De Haan
1897Zalasius Rathbun
2006Zalasius Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2021Zalasius Schweitzer et al. p. 27

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyXanthidae
subfamilyZalasiinaeSerene 1968
genusZalasiusRathbun 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.

G. Zalasius Rathbun 1897
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Invalid names: Trichia De Haan 1839 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available