Acanthochirana
Extinct genus of crustaceans
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Acanthochirana is an extinct genus of prawn that existed during the upper Jurassic period.[4] It was named by E. Strand in 1928.[2][5] They are distinguished from the related genus Aeger by the presence of teeth on the rostrum, which are absent in Aeger.[6]
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| Acanthochirana Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Acanthochirana cordata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Dendrobranchiata |
| Family: | †Aegeridae |
| Genus: | †Acanthochirana Strand, 1928 [1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Udora cordata Münster, 1839 | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Acanthochirus Oppel, 1862 | |
Species
As of 2022[update], Acanthochirana includes eight species:[7][8][9]
- Acanthochirana angulata (Oppel, 1862)
- Acanthochirana cordata (Münster, 1839) (=A. longipes Oppel, 1862)[2][7]
- Acanthochirana krausei (Förster, 1967)
- Acanthochirana liburiansis (Garassino et al., 2014)
- Acanthochirana norica (Pinna, 1974)
- Acanthochirana smithwoodwardi (Van Straelen, 1940) (=A. cenomanicus Glaessner, 1945)
- Acanthochirana spinifera (Schweitzer et al., 2014)
- Acanthochirana triassica (Garassino et al., 2013)
