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Flabellifera

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Taxonomy
Flabellifera was named by Sars (1882). It is extant.

It was assigned to Isopoda by Brooks et al. (1969) and Wieder and Feldmann (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Flabellifera Sars
1969Flabellifera Brooks et al. p. R373
1989Flabellifera Wieder and Feldmann p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
—Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderFlabelliferaSars 1882
suborderFlabelliferaSars 1882

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.

Subor. Flabellifera Sars 1882
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G. †Cymatoga
Fm. Sphaeromidae White 1847
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G. †Cyclosphaeroma Woodward 1890
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†Cyclosphaeroma trilobatum Woodward 1890
G. †Eosphaeroma Woodward 1877
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†Eosphaeroma fluviatile Woodward 1877
†Eosphaeroma smithii Woodward 1877
Subfm. Hemibranchiatae Brooks et al. 1969
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Tr. Cymodocini Brooks et al. 1969
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†Cymodoce scopula Fraaije et al. 2019
Invalid names: Sphaeromini Hanson 1905 [empty]
G. †Heterosphaeroma Munier-Chalmas 1872
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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 168.30000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Cyclosphaeroma trilobatum (144961)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Cyclosphaeroma sp. (144962)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Navarro) Cymodoce scopula (125667 223564)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (Isle of Wight) Eosphaeroma fluviatile, Eosphaeroma smithii (207195)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina Sphaeromidae indet. (43002)