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Hippa

Malacostraca - Belotelsonidea - Hippidae

Taxonomy
Hippa was named by Fabricius (1787). It is extant. It is the type genus of Hippoidea, Hippidae.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1787Hippa Fabricius
1804Remipes Latreille
2004Hippa Poore and Ahyong
2023Hippa Schweitzer et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
orderBelotelsonideaSchram 1981
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyHippoideaLatreille 1825
familyHippidaeLatreille 1825
genusHippaSalter 1863

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. Hippa Fabricius 1787
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Hippa australis Hale 1927
Hippa dorsipes Linnaeus 1758
Hippa pacifica Dana 1852
Hippa variolosa Fabricius 1787
Invalid names: Remipes Latreille 1804 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:25:13
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:25:13
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Remipes pacificus, Remipes strigillatus (147227)