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Echinocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca

Taxonomy
Echinocaris is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Echinocaridinae.

It was assigned to Echinocaridinae by Brooks et al. (1969); to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Echinocaridina by Briggs et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Echinocaris Brooks et al. p. R318
2002Echinocaris Sepkoski
2004Echinocaris Briggs et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderEchinocaridinaClarke 1900
genusEchinocaris

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.

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Echinocaris socialis Beecher 1884
Echinocaris whidbornei Jones and Woodward 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available