Actinotocarcinus
Appearance
Actinotocarcinus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Epialtidae |
Subfamily: | †Actinotocarcininae |
Genus: | †Actinotocarcinus Jenkins, 1974 [1] |
Type species | |
Actinotocarcinus chidgeyi Jenkins, 1974
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Species | |
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Actinotocarcinus is an extinct genus of Miocene crab, and is the only genus in the subfamily Actinotocarcininae of the family Epialtidae,[2] though was originally classified in the family Majidae.[3] Actinotocarcinus comprises two species, A. chidgeyi, and A. maclauchlani, both from Miocene-aged marine strata of New Zealand.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b R. J. F. Jenkins (1974). "A new spider-crab from the Miocene of New Zealand" (PDF). Palaeontology. 17 (4): 869–877. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-24.
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Zdravko Števčić (2005). "The reclassification of Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). Natura Croatica. 14 (Suppl. 1): 1–159.
- ^ Rodney M. Feldmann (1993). "Additions to the fossil decapod crustacean fauna of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 36 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1080/00288306.1993.9514568.