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Aegla

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aeglidae

Taxonomy
Aegla was named by Leach (1820). It is extant. It is the type genus of Aeglidae, Aegloidea.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Tribolet (1874); and to Aeglidae by Glaessner (1969), Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2022-07-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Aegla Leach
1874Aeglea Tribolet
1969Aegla Glaessner p. R483
2023Aegla Schweitzer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
superfamilyAegloideaDana 1852
familyAeglidaeDana 1852
genusAeglaLeach 1820

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.

G. Aegla Leach 1820
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available