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Faxelepas bruennichi

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae

Taxonomy
Pycnolepas bruennichi was named by Withers (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample M2, Fakse Quarry, which is in a Danian basin reef bafflestone in Denmark. It is the type species of Faxelepas.

It was recombined as Faxelepas bruennichi by Gale and Vidovic (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pycnolepas bruennichi Withers p. 40
2007Pycnolepas bruennichi Jagt et al. p. 40
2023Faxelepas bruennichi Gale and Vidovic p. 26 figs. 15L-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderVerrucomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
familyPycnolepadidae
genusFaxelepasGale 2014
speciesbruennichi(Withers 1914)

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.

Faxelepas bruennichi Withers 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-04 07:51:33
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:28:17
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available