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Hippa variolosa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hippidae

Taxonomy
Hippa variolosa was named by Fabricius (1787). It is the type species of Symethis.

It was recombined as Symethis variolosa by Karasawa et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1787Hippa variolosa Fabricius
2014Symethis variolosa Karasawa et al. p. 258

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyHippoideaLatreille 1825
familyHippidaeLatreille 1825
genusHippaFabricius 1787
speciesvariolosaFabricius 1787

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.

†Hippa variolosa Fabricius 1787
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:25:13
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:25:13
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available