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Hippolyte

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hippolytidae

Taxonomy
Hippolyte was named by Leach (1814). It is extant. It is the type genus of Hippolytidae.

It was assigned to Hippolytidae by Poore and Ahyong (2004) and Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Hippolyte Leach
1817Nectoceras Rafinesque p. 41
1860Virbius Stimpson
1877Bellidia Gosse
2004Hippolyte Poore and Ahyong
2023Hippolyte Schweitzer et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderCarideaDana 1852
superfamilyAlpheoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHippolytidaeBate 1888
genusHippolyteLeach 1814

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. Hippolyte Leach 1814
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Hippolyte caradina Holthuis 1947
Invalid names: Bellidia Gosse 1877 [synonym], Nectoceras Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Virbius Stimpson 1860 [synonym]
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