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Ptychocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Echinocarididae

Taxonomy
Ptychocaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Echinocaridinae by Brooks et al. (1969); and to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Ptychocaris Brooks et al. p. R318
2002Ptychocaris Sepkoski

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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()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderCeratiocaridina(Clark 1900)
familyEchinocarididaeClarke 1900
subfamilyEchinocaridinaeClarke 1900
genusPtychocaris

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:34:55
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available