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Pontipalpebralia pontifera

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Palpebralia (Pontipalpebralia) pontifera was named by Lütke (1968). It is the type species of Palpebralia (Pontipalpebralia).

It was recombined as Pontipalpebralia pontifera by Brauckmann and Brauckmann (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Palpebralia (Pontipalpebralia) pontifera Lütke
1986Pontipalpebralia pontifera Brauckmann and Brauckmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDrevermanniinaeMaximova 1960
genusPontipalpebralia(Lutke 1968)
speciespontifera(Lütke 1968)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available