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Pasiphaea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pasiphaeidae

Taxonomy
Pasiphaea was named by Savigny (1816). It is extant. It is the type genus of Pasiphaeidae, Pasiphaeoidea.

It was assigned to Pasiphaeidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Pasiphaea Savigny
2010Pasiphaea Schweitzer et al. p. 13
2023Pasiphaea Schweitzer et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderCarideaDana 1852
familyPasiphaeidaeDana 1852
genusPasiphaeaSavigny 1816

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.

G. Pasiphaea Savigny 1816
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Pasiphaea australis Hanamura 1989
Pasiphaea barnardi Yaldwyn 1971
Pasiphaea kapala Kensley et al. 1987
Pasiphaea longitaenia Kensley et al. 1987
Pasiphaea mortua Smirnov 1929
Pasiphaea rathbunae Stebbing 1914
Pasiphaea tarda Kroyer 1845
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available