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Merostomoidea

Merostomoidea

Taxonomy
Merostomoidea is a class.

It was assigned to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Merostomoidea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMerostomoidea
classMerostomoidea

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.

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Invalid names: Emeraldellida Størmer 1944 [empty], Limulavida Walcott 1912 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available