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Malacostraca (disused)
Taxonomy
Malacostraca was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
It was reranked as the class Malacostraca by Martin (1904), Squires (1984), Bengtson (1992), Squires (1999), Martin and Davis (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Kiessling (2003), Briggs et al. (2004), Collette and Hagadorn (2010), Oakley et al. (2013), Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019), Hegna et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Crustacea by Latreille (1802); to Arthropoda by Squires (1984), Squires (1999), Sepkoski (2002); to Crustacea by Martin (1904), Bengtson (1992), Martin and Davis (2001), Kiessling (2003), Briggs et al. (2004), Collette and Hagadorn (2010); and to Multicrustacea by Oakley et al. (2013), Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019), Hegna et al. (2020).
It was reranked as the class Malacostraca by Martin (1904), Squires (1984), Bengtson (1992), Squires (1999), Martin and Davis (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Kiessling (2003), Briggs et al. (2004), Collette and Hagadorn (2010), Oakley et al. (2013), Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019), Hegna et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Crustacea by Latreille (1802); to Arthropoda by Squires (1984), Squires (1999), Sepkoski (2002); to Crustacea by Martin (1904), Bengtson (1992), Martin and Davis (2001), Kiessling (2003), Briggs et al. (2004), Collette and Hagadorn (2010); and to Multicrustacea by Oakley et al. (2013), Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019), Hegna et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1802 | Malacostraca Latreille p. 20 |
| 1904 | Malacostraca Martin p. 94 |
| 1984 | Malacostraca Squires p. 55 |
| 1992 | Malacostraca Bengtson p. 1022 |
| 1999 | Malacostraca Squires p. 28 |
| 2001 | Malacostraca Martin and Davis p. 65 |
| 2002 | Malacostraca Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Malacostraca Kiessling |
| 2004 | Malacostraca Briggs et al. p. 131 |
| 2010 | Malacostraca Collette and Hagadorn p. 799 |
| 2013 | Malacostraca Oakley et al. |
| 2019 | Malacostraca Lozano-Fernandez et al. |
| 2020 | Malacostraca Hegna et al. p. 23 |
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Subcl. Malacostraca Latreille 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available