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Liocarcinus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Liocarcinus Stimpson
2003Liocarcinus Kiessling
2003Liocarcinus van Bakel et al. p. 104
2004Liocarcinus Garassino et al. p. 269
2006Liocarcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008Liocarcinus Karasawa et al. p. 100
2010Liocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2016Liocarcinus Beschin et al. p. 52
2021Liocarcinus Schweitzer et al. p. 9

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyPolybiinaePaulson 1875
genusLiocarcinusStimpson 1871

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. Liocarcinus Stimpson 1871
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Liocarcinus atropatanus Aslanova and Dschafarova 1975
Liocarcinus corrugatus Pennant 1777 [wrinkled swimming crab]
Liocarcinus depurator Linnaeus 1758 [harbour crab]
Liocarcinus heintzi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010
Liocarcinus holsatus Fabricius 1798 [flying crab]
Liocarcinus kuehni Bachmayer 1953
Liocarcinus marmoreus Leach 1816 [marbled swimming crab]
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Invalid names: Portunus musceli Pauca 1929 [synonym]
Liocarcinus oroszyi Bachmayer 1953
Liocarcinus praearcuatus Muller 1996
Liocarcinus priscus Beschin et al. 2016
Liocarcinus pusillus Leach 1816 [dwarf swimming crab]
Liocarcinus rakosensis Lorenthey 1929
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 17:22:41
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:22:41
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Calabrian or 47.80000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy L. priscus (81057)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France L. heintzi (224547)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation L. lancetidactylus (127281 127282)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Poland L. praearcuatus (139754 139757)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland L. sp. (32516)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary L. rakosensis (152608 207753) L. rakosensis, L. kuehni (207750) Macropipus rakosensis (57045 140154)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) L. rakosensis (127167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy (Siena) L. sp. (221592)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium L. holsatus (221312)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy L. depurator (234407)