Actaeopsis

Actaeopsis is an extinct genus of crab, containing the single species Actaeopsis whiltshirei from the Lower Cretaceous.[2]

Actaeopsis
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Superfamily:
Xanthoidea
Family:
incertae sedis [1]
Genus:
Actaeopsis

Carter, 1898
Species:
A. whiltshirei
Binomial name
Actaeopsis whiltshirei
Carter, 1898

References
  1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1โ€“109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Volume 2. Geological Society of America, 1953. Raymond Cecil Moore, Curt Teichert.


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