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Pycnogonida (sea spider)

Pycnogonida

Taxonomy
Pycnogonida was named by Latreille (1810). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chelicerata by Siveter et al. (2004) and Nielsen (2012); and to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Pycnogonida Latreille
1853Arachnopoda Dana
2002Pycnogonida Sepkoski
2004Pycnogonida Siveter et al. p. 978
2012Pycnogonida Nielsen p. 240 figs. Fig. 44.2
2020Pycnogonida Dunlop et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classPycnogonidaLatreille 1810
classPycnogonidaLatreille 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cl. Pycnogonida Latreille 1810 [sea spider]
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G. †Cambropycnogon Waloszek and Dunlop 2002
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†Cambropycnogon klausmuelleri Waloszek and Dunlop 2002
G. †Flagellopantopus Poschmann and Dunlop 2006
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†Flagellopantopus blocki Poschmann and Dunlop 2006
G. †Haliestes Siveter et al. 2004
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†Haliestes dasos Siveter et al. 2004
Fm. †Palaeoisopodidae Dubinin 1957
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G. †Palaeoisopus Broili 1928
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G. †Palaeomarachne Rudkin et al. 2013
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†Palaeomarachne granulata Rudkin et al. 2013
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Fm. †Palaeopantopodidae Hedgpeth 1955
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G. †Palaeopantopus Broili 1929
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†Palaeopantopus maucheri Broili 1929
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†Palaeothea devonica Bergstroem et al. 1980
Or. Pantopoda Gerstaecker 1863
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Fm. Ammotheidae Dohrn 1881
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Invalid names: Ammothellidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Ephyrogymnidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Eurycididae Sars 1891 [synonym], Oorhynchidae Schimkewitsch 1913 [synonym], Paranymphonidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Sericosuridae Fry 1978 [synonym], Tanystylidae Shimkevich 1913 [synonym], Trygaeidae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Fm. Ascorhynchidae Hoek 1881
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G. Eurycyde Schiödte 1857
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†Eurycyde golem Sabroux et al. 2019
Fm. Callipallenidae Hilton 1942
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Invalid names: Cheilapallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Clavigeropallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Hannonidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Metapallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Pallenidae Wilson 1878 [synonym], Queubidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Stylopallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Fm. Colossendeidae Jarzynsky 1870
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Subfm. Colossendeinae Jarzynsky 1870
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G. †Colossopantopodus Charbonnier et al. 2007
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†Colossopantopodus boissinensis Charbonnier et al. 2007
†Colossopantopodus nanus Sabroux et al. 2019
Invalid names: Pasithoidae Sars 1891 [synonym], Rhopalorhynchidae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Fm. Endeidae Norman 1904
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G. †Palaeoendeis Charbonnier et al. 2007
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†Palaeoendeis elmii Charbonnier et al. 2007
Fm. †Palaeopycnogonididae Sabroux et al. 2023
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G. †Palaeopycnogonides Charbonnier et al. 2007
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†Palaeopycnogonides gracilis Charbonnier et al. 2007
Fm. Phoxichilidiidae Sars 1891
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Invalid names: Anoplodactylidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Phoxiphilyridae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Austrodecidae Stock 1954 [empty], Nymphonidae Wilson 1878 [empty], Pallenopsidae Fry 1978 [empty], Pycnogonidae Wilson 1878 [empty], Rhynchothoracidae Thompson 1909 [empty]
G. †Pentapantopus Kühl et al. 2013
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†Pentapantopus vogteli Kühl et al. 2013
Invalid names: Arachnopoda Dana 1853 [synonym], Palaeoisopoda [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available