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Ektyphocythere debilis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae

Taxonomy
Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere) debilis was named by Bate and Coleman (1975).

It was recombined as Ektyphocythere debilis by Pinto et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. mediodepressa, E. vitiosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere) debilis Bate and Coleman
2007Ektyphocythere debilis Pinto et al. figs. Pl 2, figs 14,15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherideoideaLeibau 2005
familyProgonocytheridaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyProtocytherinaeLyubimova
genusEktyphocythere
speciesdebilis(Bate and Coleman 1975)

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.

†Ektyphocythere debilis Bate and Coleman 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Falciferum to the top of the Bifrons or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Portugal Ektyphocythere debilis (158475 158476)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7United Kingdom (Wales) Ektyphocythere debilis (33497)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Ektyphocythere debilis (33345 33346)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Germany Ektyphocythere debilis (59428 59430)