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Elrathia permulta

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia permulta was named by Walcott (1918).

It was recombined as Elrathia permulta by Caron and Jackson (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Ptychoparia permulta Walcott p. 145 figs. pl. 21, fig. 1
2008Elrathia permulta Caron and Jackson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusElrathiaWalcott 1924
speciespermulta(Walcott 1918)

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.

Elrathia permulta Walcott 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2008-10-19 08:19:11
Modified: 2009-10-08 00:44:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Caron and Jackson 2008

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Elrathia permulta (84418 84420 84428 84431 84434 84435)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Elrathia permulta (215)