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Opsimasaphus radiatus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus radiatus was named by Salter (1866). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pseudobasilicus radiatus by Harper (1952); it was recombined as Opsimasaphus radiatus by Whittington (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Asaphus radiatus Salter
1952Pseudobasilicus radiatus Harper
1966Opsimasaphus radiatus Whittington p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusOpsimasaphusKielan 1960
speciesradiatus(Salter 1866)

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.

Opsimasaphus radiatus Salter 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available