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Vachonisiidae

Branchiopoda - Acercostraca - Vachonisiidae

Taxonomy
Vachonisiidae was named by Tasch (1969). Its type is Vachonisia.

It was assigned to Acercostraca by Brooks et al. (1969), Tasch (1969).

Subtaxa
Vachonisia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Vachonisiidae Brooks et al. p. R141
1969Vachonisiidae Tasch p. R141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
subclassCalmanostraca
orderAcercostracaLehmann 1955
familyVachonisiidaeTasch 1969
familyVachonisiidaeTasch 1969

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.

Fm. †Vachonisiidae Tasch 1969
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G. †Vachonisia Lehmann 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: suspension feederc
Diet 2: detritivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 10:04:49
Modified: 2010-02-04 14:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available