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Euphausiacea

Malacostraca - Euphausiacea

Taxonomy
Euphausiacea was named by Dana (1852). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caridoida by Schwentner et al. (2018); and to Eucarida by Martin and Davis (2001) and Hegna et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Euphausiacea Dana
2001Euphausiacea Martin and Davis p. 72
2018Euphausiacea Schwentner et al.
2020Euphausiacea Hegna et al. p. 24

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderEuphausiaceaDana 1852
orderEuphausiaceaDana 1852

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.

Or. Euphausiacea Dana 1852
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Fm. †Anthracophausiidae Brooks 1962
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Invalid names: Crangopsis couttsi Peach 1908 [synonym], Crangopsis hastata Peach 1908 [synonym], Crangopsis magna Peach 1908 [synonym], Crangopsis rhodesi Peach 1908 [synonym], Palaemysis couttsi Peach 1908 [synonym], Palaemysis dunlopi Peach 1908 [synonym], Palaemysis tenuis Peach 1908 [synonym]
†Anthracophausia rheamsi Vohs et al. 2023
Invalid names: Palaemysis [synonym]
G. †Archangeliphausia Dzik et al. 2004
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†Archangeliphausia spinosa Dzik et al. 2004
Fm. Bentheuphausiidae Colosi 1917
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G. Bentheuphausia Sars 1885
Invalid names: Euphausiidae Dana 1850 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Visean to the top of the Holocene or 346.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 330.9 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracophausia sp., Palaemysis sp. (220874)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Palaemysis sp. (134654)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9USA (Alabama) Anthracophausia rheamsi (232430)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Anthracophausia ingelsorum (157801)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Euphausiacea indet. (177151)