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Caryocaris wrightii

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Caryocarididae

Taxonomy
Caryocaris wrightii was named by Salter (1863). It is the type species of Caryocaris.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. wrighti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Caryocaris wrightii Salter
2007Caryocaris wrightii Whittle et al.
2010Caryocaris wrightii Collette and Hagadorn p. 813 figs. 6.7, 6.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderCaryocaridina
familyCaryocarididaeRacheboeuf et al. 2000
genusCaryocarisSalter 1863
specieswrightiiSalter 1863

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.

†Caryocaris wrightii Salter 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:34:55
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available