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Psygmophthalmus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4577934https://www.gbif.org/species/4577934
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)86628https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=86628
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Potamidae : Psygmophthalmus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Portunidae : Psygmophthalmus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classMalacostracaLatreille 1802
superorderEucaridaCalman 1904
orderDecapodaLatreille 1802
-MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyuraLatreille 1802
-Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
-HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPodophthalminaeDana 1851
genusPsygmophthalmusSchweitzer Iturralde-Vinent Hetler & Velez-Juarbe 2006
Scientific NamePsygmophthalmus Schweitzer, Iturralde-Vinent, Hetler & Velez-Juarbe, 2006
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Psygmophthalmusgenusbelongs to Podophthalminaestated without evidenceSchweitzer et al., 2006
Psygmophthalmusgenusbelongs to Portunidaestated without evidenceKarasawa and Schweitzer, 2006
Psygmophthalmusgenusbelongs to Podophthalminaestated without evidenceLuque et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Malacostraca)
Visionwell-developed (based on Malacostraca)
Dietcarnivore (based on Decapoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Malacostraca)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde-Vinent, and J. L. Hetler, J. Velez-Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Psygmophthalmus bifurcatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Psygmophthalmus lares ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		123.0 Ma
Miocene		23.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2006Psygmophthalmus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2006Psygmophthalmus Schweitzer et al. p. 127
2008Psygmophthalmus Karasawa et al. p. 106
2017Psygmophthalmus Luque et al. p. 52

References

Schweitzer C. E., Iturralde-Vinent M., et al (2006) Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean, Annals of Carnegie Museum 75 2, 111-136
Karasawa H., Schweitzer C. E. (2006) A new classification of the Xanthoidea sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) based on phylogenetic analysis and traditional systematics and evaluation of all fossil Xanthoidea sensu lato, Contributions to Zoology 75 1/2, 23-72
Luque J., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2017) Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura, Nauplius 25, e2017025 doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2017025
De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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