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Chasmocarcinidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3254198	https://www.gbif.org/species/3254198
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	110498	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110498

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Chasmocarcinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
-	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980
-	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Goneplacoidea	MacLeay 1838
family	Chasmocarcinidae	Serene 1964

Scientific Name

Chasmocarcinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chasmocarcinidae	family	belongs to Goneplacoidea	stated without evidence	Karasawa and Schweitzer, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. Karasawa and C. E. Schweitzer. 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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chasmocarcininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		28	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Megaesthesiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Trogloplacinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Alainthesius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Amboplax genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Angustopelta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Australocarcinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Camatopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chasmocarcinops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chasmocarcinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Chinommatia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Deltopelta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hephthopelta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Megaesthesius genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Microtopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Notopelta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Statommatia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tenagopelta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trogloplax genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1964	Chasmocarcinidae Serene
2006	Chasmocarcinidae Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 56
2010	Chasmocarcinidae Schweitzer et al.
2017	Chasmocarcinidae Luque et al. p. 18

References

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

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

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

Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D.; Davie, P.J.F. (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of the extant Brachyuran crabs of the world. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1-286. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ahyong et al., 2011 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hartnoll, 2010 - 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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