Aenigmastacus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Parastacoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Astacidea Superfamilia: Parastacoidea

Familia: Parastacidae
Genus: †Aenigmastacus
Species: †A. crandalli

Name

• †Aenigmastacus Feldmann, Schweitzer, & Leahy, 2011
  • Type species: Aenigmastacus crandalli Feldmann, Schweitzer, & Leahy, 2011

Etymology

• The generic name is derived from the Latin word aenigma = inexplicable, and Astacus, a common generic name and suffix within Astacidea. The gender is masculine.

References

• Feldmann, R.M., Schweitzer, C.E., & Leahy, J., (2011) New Eocene crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31(2): 320–331. doi:10.1651/10-3399.1.