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Pseudestheria tenella

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Lioestheriidae

Taxonomy

Posidonomya tenella was named by Bronn (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Estheria tenella by Guthörl (1934), Guthörl (1934); it was recombined as Pseudestheria tenella by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. breitenbachensis, P. kashirtzevi, P. plicata, P. pliciferina, P. putjatensis, P. sibirica, P. sukhonensis, P. tumariana, P. vjatkanensis

Synonyms

Estheria cyanea was named by Fritsch (1895).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudestheria tenella by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).
Estheria palaeoniscorum was named by Fritsch (1895).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudestheria tenella by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).
Estheria calcarea was named by Fritsch (1895).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudestheria tenella by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).
Estheria paupera was named by Fritsch (1901).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudestheria tenella by Štamberg and Zajíc (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Posidonomya tenella Bronn
1895	Estheria calcarea Fritsch
1895	Estheria cyanea Fritsch
1895	Estheria palaeoniscorum Fritsch
1901	Estheria paupera Fritsch p. 78 figs. Pl 161, fig 5
1934	Estheria tenella Guthörl
2008	Pseudestheria tenella Štamberg and Zajíc p. 71 figs. 64, 65

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
class	Branchiopoda	Latreille 1817
subclass	Phyllopoda
subclass	Calmanostraca
order	Diplostraca	Gerstecker 1866
—	Onychocaudata	Olesen and Richter 2013
suborder	Spinicaudata	Linder 1945
family	Lioestheriidae
genus	Pseudestheria
species	tenella	(Bronn 1850)

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.

†Pseudestheria tenella Bronn 1850

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Invalid names: Estheria calcarea Fritsch 1895 [synonym], Estheria cyanea Fritsch 1895 [synonym], Estheria palaeoniscorum Fritsch 1895 [synonym], Estheria paupera Fritsch 1901 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

marine, brackish, freshwaterc

Locomotion:

slow-movingc

Life habit:

nektobenthicc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Diet 2:

detritivorec

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2009-07-21 10:04:49

Modified:

2010-02-04 14:45:55

Source: c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Asselian or 314.60000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C	314.6 - 309.8	Germany	Estheria tenella (122593)
Stephanian	307.4 - 300.3	Germany	Estheria tenella (138157)
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Czechia (Krkonose)	Pseudestheria tenella (232614)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)	Estheria tenella (122606)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Germany	Estheria tenella (138158 138376)