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Myra fugax (fleeting purse crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Leucosia fugax was named by Fabricius (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Myra fugax by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Leucosia fugax Fabricius p. 351
1879Myra fagax Martin p. 130
2010Myra fugax Schweitzer et al. p. 88

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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
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyLeucosiidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyEbaliinaeStimpson 1871
genusMyraLeach 1817
speciesfugax(Fabricius 1798)

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.

Myra fugax Fabricius 1798 [fleeting purse crab]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available