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Entomozoe

Ostracoda - Cypridinida - Bolbozoidae

Taxonomy
Entomozoe was named by Pribyl (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u P Asse]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Entomozoinae.

It was assigned to Entomozoinae by Benson et al. (1961); to Myodocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bolbozoidae by Siveter and Lane (1999), Siveter and Bogolepova (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Entomis Jones
1890Entomis Gemmellaro
1950Entomozoe Pribyl
1961Entomozoe Benson et al. p. Q389
1999Entomozoe Siveter and Lane p. 8
2002Entomozoe Sepkoski
2006Entomozoe Siveter and Bogolepova p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superorderMyodocopomorpha(Kozur 1972)
orderCypridinidaSkogsberg 1920
superfamilyBolbozooidea(Boucek 1936)
familyBolbozoidaeBoucek 1936
genusEntomozoePribyl 1950

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. †Entomozoe Pribyl 1950
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Invalid names: Entomis Jones 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. J. Siveter and O. K. Bogolepova 2006Large bolbozoid having a vertical adducto- rial sulcus, curved forward below a moderately sized anteroventral node. Slight anterior indentation in shell outline and rostral incisure present. Adductor muscle scar consists of series of alternating ridges and furrows forming biserial-radial, feather-like pattern. Surface smooth to weakly punctate-reticulate (modified from Siveter & Vannier 1990).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wordian or 438.60000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Greenland E. tuberosa (23048)
Wenlock - Pridoli432.9 - 419.62Italy (Sardinia) E. sp. (26163)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Italy (Sardinia) Entomis migrans (26181)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Germany (Hessen) E. migrans (38717)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7France Entomis migrans (26110)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia Entomis migrans (14033 14166 14191 14192) E. migrans (14074)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Italy (Sardinia) Entomis migrans, Entomis lamarmorai, Entomis ichnusae, Entomis meneghini (26160)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Italy Entomis migrans, Entomis meneghini (26127)
Ludfordian - Helderbergian425.0 - 393.47Italy (Sardinia) Entomis parvula, Entomis meneghini (26159)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Russian Federation E. sp. (24766)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco E. fragilis (27059)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany E. sp. (616)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Alaska) Entomis pelagica (111901)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Spain (Palencia) E. pseudorichterina, E. tenera (40356)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland E. pseudophthalma (35397) E. tenera (35393)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15China E. sp. (162318 162319 162320 162322)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China E. sp. (162323 162324 162325 162326)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Alberta) Entomis sp. (62396)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Entomis polita, Entomis aequilobata (108972)