Zanthopsis leachii (Desmarest, 1822)
Zanthopsis leachii (Desmarest, 1822)
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Zanthopsis leachii is an extinct Decapod found along numerous divisons of the London clay, It was a carnivor and actively hunted prey and is suggested to have good vision.
The names Xanthopsis leachii and Cancer leachii are old names of Zanthopsis leachii.
It can be found at Sheppey, Butts Cliff, Allhallows, Aveley, Tankerton, Hampton Pier and Seasalter.
A depiction of Zanthopsis leachii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclass: Multicrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Carpilioidea (Cloest living relatives)
Family: Zanthopsidae
Genus: Zanthopsis
Species: Zanthopsis leachii
Identified as Xanthopsis leachii which is renamed to Zanthopsis leachii
Image taken from Tony Mitchell's Database with Tony Mitchell's help and permission.
Diagram from: XIX.—On the classification of some British Fossil Crustacea, with notices of new forms in the University Collection at Cambridge
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Location: Isle of Sheppey
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Location: Isle of Sheppey
Image accreditation: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03806?listIndex=10&listCount=31
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Image accreditation: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03806?listIndex=10&listCount=31
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Image accreditation: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03806?listIndex=10&listCount=31
Location: Isle of Sheppey
Image accreditation: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03806?listIndex=10&listCount=31
Acknowledgments:
Thank you very much Tony Mitchell for allowing usage of an image on this page.
References:
https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4646344.html
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034380645&seq=293&view=1up
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/419565021
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/417138593
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03805?listIndex=4&listCount=31
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/r03806?listIndex=10&listCount=31
https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/f/item/a24550?listIndex=27&listCount=31
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58594
https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594207
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