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Porcellionoidea

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Taxonomy
Porcellionoidea was named by Verhoeff (1918). It is extant.

It was assigned to Oniscidea by Morris (1979).

Subtaxa
Eubelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Porcellionoidea Verhoeff
1979Porcellionoidea Morris p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
—Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderOniscidea
superfamilyPorcellionoideaVerhoeff 1918
superfamilyPorcellionoideaVerhoeff 1918

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.

Superfm. Porcellionoidea Verhoeff 1918
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Fm. Eubelidae Budde-Lund 1899
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G. Eubelum Budde-Lund 1885
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†Eubelum rusingaense Morris 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Eubelum rusingaense (184478)