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Acidaspis viruana

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Acidaspis viruana was named by Oepik (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cincinnatiensis, A. grayi, A. jessi, A. lesperancei, A. tornquisti, A. ulrichi, A. drzymlai
Entered
by B. Kröger on 2014-10-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Acidaspis viruana Oepik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAcidaspisMurchison 1839
speciesviruanaOepik 1937

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.

†Acidaspis viruana Oepik 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:01:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:01:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Rakvere or 451.80000 to 450.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rakvere451.8 - 450.5Estonia Acidaspis viruana (161316)