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Lepas (Lepas) moturoaensis

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Lepadidae

Taxonomy
Lepas moturoaensis was named by Maxwell (1968). Its type specimen is DC224, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lepas (Lepas) moturoaensis by Buckeridge (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. miocoenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Lepas moturoaensis Maxwell p. 157 figs. figs. 1-4
1983Lepas (Lepas) moturoaensis Buckeridge p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
RankNameAuthor
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyLepadoideaDarwin 1852
familyLepadidaeDarwin 1851
genusLepasLinnaeus 1758
subgenusLepasLinnaeus 1758
speciesmoturoaensis(Maxwell 1968)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available