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Kontikia

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Cyzicidae

Taxonomy
Kontikia was named by Novozhilov (1958). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cyzicidae by Tasch (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Kontikia Novozhilov
1969Kontikia Tasch p. R153

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
subclassCalmanostraca
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
—OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
suborderSpinicaudataLinder 1945
superfamilyCyzicoideaStebbing 1910
familyCyzicidaeStebbing 1910
genusKontikiaNovozhilov 1958

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. Kontikia Novozhilov 1958
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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 20:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available