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Pinnixa galliheri

Carmel Valley, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Santa Lucia Mts, Monterey County, California, USA

Pinnixa galliheri

Carmel Valley, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Santa Lucia Mts, Monterey County, California, USA

Pinnixa galliheri

Carmel Valley, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Santa Lucia Mts, Monterey County, California, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2226871	https://www.gbif.org/species/2226871
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22640	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22640

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pinnotheridae : Pinnixa

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
-	Thoracotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Pinnotheroidea	De Haan 1833
family	Pinnotheridae	de Haan 1833
subfamily	Pinnothereliinae	Alcock 1900
genus	Pinnixa	White 1846

Scientific Name

Pinnixa White, 1846

Name Published In

White, Adam. 1846. Notes on four new genera of Crustacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History' 18(118): 176–178; Pl. 2.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pinnixa	genus	belongs to Pinnotheridae	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1926
Pinnixa	genus	belongs to Decapoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pinnixa	genus	belongs to Pinnotherinae	stated without evidence	Collins et al., 2003
Pinnixa	genus	belongs to Pinnothereliinae	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (30%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

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)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

マメガニ

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pinnixa abbotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa aequipunctata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pinnixa affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa arenicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa bahamondei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa balanoglossana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa banzu species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa barnhardti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa barnharti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa brevipollex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa californiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa carrizalica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa chaetopterana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa chiloensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa cylindrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa darwini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa eburna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa eocenica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pinnixa faba species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pinnixa floridana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa floridensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa forficulamana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa forficulimanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa franciscana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa fusca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa galliheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pinnixa gracilipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa haematosticta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa hendrickxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa hiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa huffmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa latissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa leptosynaptae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa littoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa longipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa lunzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa microgranulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	13.8 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Pinnixa minuscula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa miocenica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pinnixa monodactyla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa montereyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pinnixa navidadensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pinnixa occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa omega ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pinnixa paitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa pearsei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa pembertoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa penultipedalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa perornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa petersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa plectrophoros species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa rapax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa rathbuni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa retinens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa richardsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa salvadorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa sayana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa scamit species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa schmitti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa tomentosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa transversalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa tubicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa tumida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa valdiviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa valerii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa valvidensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pinnixa weymouthi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tubicola Lockington, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pinnotheridae : *Tubicola*
Palaeopinnixa Via Boada, 1966	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Pinnotheridae : *Palaeopinnixa*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1846	Pinnixa White
1926	Pinnixa Rathbun p. 34
1966	Pinnixa Via p. 2
2002	Pinnixa Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Pinnixa Collins et al. p. 222
2010	Pinnixa Schweitzer et al.
2017	Pinnixa Luque et al. p. 18

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Rathbun M. J. (1926) The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America, United States National Museum Bulletin 138, 1-155

Collins J. S. H., Lee C., et al (2003) Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak, Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1, 187-226

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

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 85 Ninety-eight generic names in Crustacea placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(3), 1 (1925) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Melo, Gustavo A. S. / Paolo S. Young, ed., 1998: Malacostraca - Eucarida, Brachyura, Oxyrhyncha and Brachyrhyncha. Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil, Série Livros no. 6. 455-516. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ng et al., 2008 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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