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Ehmaniella casta

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ehmaniella casta was named by Chien and Zhou (1974). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Ehmaniella casta Chien and Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusEhmaniellaResser 1937
speciescastaChien and Zhou 1974

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.

Ehmaniella casta Chien and Zhou 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:19:00
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:46:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Caron and Jackson 2008, Hendy 2009

Age range: Wangcunian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Ehmaniella casta (107324)