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Laomedia

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Laomediidae

Taxonomy
Laomedia was named by De Haan (1847). It is extant. It is the type genus of Laomediidae.

It was assigned to Laomediidae by Karasawa (1993), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Laomedia De Haan
1993Laomedia Karasawa p. 30
2010Laomedia Schweitzer et al. p. 41
2023Laomedia Schweitzer et al. p. 23

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderGebiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyLaomediidaeBorradaile 1903
genusLaomediaDe Haan 1847

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. Laomedia De Haan 1847
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Laomedia astacina de Haan 1841
Laomedia healyi Yaldwyn and Wear 1970
Laomedia praeastacina Karasawa 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:15
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:47:40
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available