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Varuna
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Malacostraca
Subclass:
Eumalacostraca - Eucarida (superorder)
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Brachyura (crabs)
Superfamily:
Brachyrhyncha (section) - Xanthoidea
Family:
Grapsidae
Subfamily:
Varuinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Varuna H. MILNE-EDWARDS, 1830
Type Species:
*Cancer litteratus FABRICIUS, 1798, OD
Images
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Fig. 337,3. *V. litterata (Fabricius), Rec., carapace, X0.7 (15)
Synonyms
Telphusograpsus
Geographic Distribution
M.Eoc., C.Am., U.Eoc., Rumania, Rec., IndoPac
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc., U.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Lutetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
48.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Carapace about as wide as long, flat, with sharp edges, front slightly more than 0.3 of its width, straight, little deflected, orbits small, supraorbital margin notched, lateral margins convex, with 3 anterolateral teeth (including extraorbital);, branchioand gastrocardiac grooves marked, chelipeds equal, massive in males, 2nd to 5th pereiopods with last segments flattened; abdomen with 7 somites
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Malacostraca
Subclass:
Eumalacostraca - Eucarida (superorder)
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Brachyura (crabs)
Superfamily:
Brachyrhyncha (section) - Xanthoidea
Family:
Grapsidae
Subfamily:
Varuinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Varuna H. MILNE-EDWARDS, 1830
Type Species:
*Cancer litteratus FABRICIUS, 1798, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 337,3. *V. litterata (Fabricius), Rec., carapace, X0.7 (15)
Synonyms
Telphusograpsus
Geographic Distribution
M.Eoc., C.Am., U.Eoc., Rumania, Rec., IndoPac
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Eoc., U.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Lutetian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
48.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Carapace about as wide as long, flat, with sharp edges, front slightly more than 0.3 of its width, straight, little deflected, orbits small, supraorbital margin notched, lateral margins convex, with 3 anterolateral teeth (including extraorbital);, branchioand gastrocardiac grooves marked, chelipeds equal, massive in males, 2nd to 5th pereiopods with last segments flattened; abdomen with 7 somites