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Pycnogonida (sea spider)
Taxonomy
Pycnogonida was named by Latreille (1810). It is extant.
It was assigned to Chelicerata by Siveter et al. (2004) and Nielsen (2012); and to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Chelicerata by Siveter et al. (2004) and Nielsen (2012); and to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1810 | Pycnogonida Latreille |
| 1853 | Arachnopoda Dana |
| 2002 | Pycnogonida Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Pycnogonida Siveter et al. p. 978 |
| 2012 | Pycnogonida Nielsen p. 240 figs. Fig. 44.2 |
| 2020 | Pycnogonida Dunlop et al. p. 4 |
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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.
Cl. Pycnogonida Latreille 1810 [sea spider]
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G. †Austrodecus
G. †Cambropycnogon Waloszek and Dunlop 2002
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†Cambropycnogon klausmuelleri Waloszek and Dunlop 2002
Fm. †Palaeoisopodidae Dubinin 1957
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Or. Pantopoda Gerstaecker 1863
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Fm. Ammotheidae Dohrn 1881
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Invalid names: Ammothellidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Ephyrogymnidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Eurycididae Sars 1891 [synonym], Oorhynchidae Schimkewitsch 1913 [synonym], Paranymphonidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Sericosuridae Fry 1978 [synonym], Tanystylidae Shimkevich 1913 [synonym], Trygaeidae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Fm. Callipallenidae Hilton 1942
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Invalid names: Cheilapallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Clavigeropallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Hannonidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Metapallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Pallenidae Wilson 1878 [synonym], Queubidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Stylopallenidae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Fm. Colossendeidae Jarzynsky 1870
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Subfm. Colossendeinae Jarzynsky 1870
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G. †Colossopantopodus Charbonnier et al. 2007
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†Colossopantopodus boissinensis Charbonnier et al. 2007
†Colossopantopodus nanus Sabroux et al. 2019
Invalid names: Pasithoidae Sars 1891 [synonym], Rhopalorhynchidae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Fm. Endeidae Norman 1904
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Fm. †Palaeopycnogonididae Sabroux et al. 2023
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G. †Palaeopycnogonides Charbonnier et al. 2007
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†Palaeopycnogonides gracilis Charbonnier et al. 2007
Fm. Phoxichilidiidae Sars 1891
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Invalid names: Anoplodactylidae Fry 1978 [synonym], Phoxiphilyridae Fry 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Austrodecidae Stock 1954 [empty], Nymphonidae Wilson 1878 [empty], Pallenopsidae Fry 1978 [empty], Pycnogonidae Wilson 1878 [empty], Rhynchothoracidae Thompson 1909 [empty]
Invalid names: Arachnopoda Dana 1853 [synonym], Palaeoisopoda [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 433.40000 to 145.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 427.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 427.4 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wenlock | United Kingdom | Haliestes dasos (68060) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Gemuenden) | Palaeothea devonica (26903) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany | Palaeoisopus problematicus, Palaeopantopus maucheri (26904 230899) Pycnogonida indet., Flagellopantopus blocki, Pentapantopus vogteli (163371) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | France | Pantopoda indet., Colossopantopodus boissinensis, Palaeopycnogonides gracilis, Pycnogonites pantopodes (58221) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Colossopantopodus nanus (139551) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Eurycyde golem (121197) |