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Aeger elegans

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Taxonomy
Aeger elegans was named by Munster (1839).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Aeger elegans Munster
2009Aeger elegans Schweitzer et al. p. 2
2010Aeger elegans Schweitzer et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilyPenaeoideaRafinesque 1815
familyAegeridaeBurkenroad 1963
genusAegerMunster 1839
specieselegansMunster 1839

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.

†Aeger elegans Munster 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 15:31:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 15:31:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Aeger elegans (132944)