Acanthochirana Explained

Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period.^[1] It was named by E. Strand in 1928, and its type species is Acanthochirana cordata.^{[2] [3]} They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.^[4]

Species

, Acanthochirana includes six to seven species:^[5]

External links

• Acanthochirana at the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Book: The Biology of the Penaeidae . Advances in marine biology. Volume 27 . W. Dall . . 1990 . 978-0-12-026127-7.
2. De Grave. Sammy. Pentcheff. N. Dean. Ahyong. Shane T.. etal. 2009. A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. dead. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21. 1–109. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 2011-06-06. the National University of Singapore.
3. Book: Creepy Crawlies: Ladybugs, Lobsters & Other Amazing Arthropods . . 1991 . 978-0-8069-8336-3 . 106 . registration .
4. Etter. Walter. 2004. Decapod crustaceans from the Middle Jurassic Opalinus Clay of northern Switzerland, with comments on crustacean taphonomy. PDF. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97. 3. 381–392. 10.1007/s00015-004-1137-2.
5. Garassino. Alessandro. Schweigert. Günter. Muscio. Giuseppe. 2013. Acanthochirana triassica N. Sp. and Antrimpos Colettoi N. Sp. (Decapoda: Aegeridae, Penaeidae) From the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Northern Carnic Pre-Alps (Udine, Northeastern Italy). Gortania (Geologia, Paleontologia, Paletnologia). 35. 11–18. 2038-0410. the Civic Museum of Udine.