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Ptychascus

Thecostraca - Sacculinidae

Taxonomy
Ptychascus was named by Boschma (1933). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sacculinidae by Chan et al. (2021).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2024-07-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Ptychascus Boschma
2021Ptychascus Chan et al. p. 826

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Life
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassRhizocephala(Müller 1862)
familySacculinidaeLilleborg 1861
genusPtychascusBoschma 1933

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. Ptychascus Boschma 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: parasitesupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2019-05-29 15:12:54
Modified: 2019-05-29 15:12:54
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Gallo-REynoso and Figueroa-Carranza 1998, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available