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Darwinula stevensoni

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae

Taxonomy
Polycheles stevensoni was named by Brady and Robertson (1870). It is extant. It is the type species of Darwinula, Polycheles.

It was recombined as Darwinula stevensoni by Rosetti and Martens (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. abscondita, D. accuminata, D. oblonga, D. regia, D. sima

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Argilloecia aurea Brady and Robertson
1870Polycheles stevensoni Brady and Robertson
1953Darwinula protracta Rome
1968Darwinula variabilis Tagliasacchi
1977Darwinula sphenoides Rome
1998Darwinula stevensoni Rosetti and Martens p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderDarwinulocopina(Sohn 1988)
superfamilyDarwinuloideaBrady and Norman 1889
familyDarwinulidaeBrady and Norman 1889
genusDarwinulaBrady and Robertson 1885
speciesstevensoni(Brady and Robertson 1870)

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.

Darwinula stevensoni Brady and Robertson 1870
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Invalid names: Argilloecia aurea Brady and Robertson 1870 [synonym], Darwinula protracta Rome 1953 [synonym], Darwinula sphenoides Rome 1977 [synonym], Darwinula variabilis Tagliasacchi 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:58:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:58:30
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Darwinula stevensoni (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Darwinula stevensoni (68219 68221 68265 68266)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Darwinula stevensoni (21401 21418 21426)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Darwinula stevensoni (21421 21462 22342)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Darwinula stevensoni (22127)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Darwinula stevensoni (21368)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Darwinula stevensoni (22502)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Darwinula stevensoni (21427 21437)