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Koraipsis spinus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Koraipsis spinus was named by Kobayashi (1934). It is the type species of Koraipsis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. taiziheensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Koraipsis spinus Kobayashi pp. 575 - 576

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusKoraipsisKobayashi 1934
speciesspinus

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.

†Koraipsis spinus Kobayashi 1934
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available