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Actinocythereis tuberculata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy

Actinocythereis tuberculata was named by Bertels (1975). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 737, a carapace (Female carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. biposteropinata, A. dawsoni, A. gibsonensis, A. gosportensis, A. grigsbyi, A. levinsoni, A. marylandica, A. modesta, A. mundorffi, A. rosefieldensis, A. thomsoni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1975	Actinocythereis tuberculata Bertels pp. 105-106 figs. 7-10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Sigilliocopina	Martens 1992
superfamily	Cytheroidea	(Baird 1850)
family	Trachyleberididae	Sylvester-Bradley 1948
genus	Actinocythereis	Puri 1953
species	tuberculata

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.

†Actinocythereis tuberculata Bertels 1975

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
A. Bertels 1975	A specie of the genus Actinocythereis with carapace in lateral view subtrapezoidal, its surface traversed by elongated tubercles which have the aspect of longitudinal ribs.