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Sessilia (disused)

Thecostraca

Taxonomy
Sessilia was named by Lamarck (1818). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Sessilia by Chan et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Thoracica by Martin and Davis (2001), Jones (2007); to Cirripedia by Collareta et al. (2018); to Unilatera by Gale (2019); and to Thoracicalcarea by Chan et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Sessilia Lamarck
1923Brachylepadomorpha Withers
1980Brachylepadomorpha Collins p. 22
2000Brachylepadomorpha Carriol and Collins p. 143
2001Sessilia Martin and Davis p. 59
2007Sessilia Jones p. 293
2018Sessilia Collareta et al. p. 15
2019Sessilia Gale
2021Brachylepadomorpha Chan et al.
2021Sessilia Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)

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.

Unr. Sessilia Lamarck 1818
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Invalid names: Brachylepadomorpha Withers 1923 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available