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Acmarhachis acuta

Agnostida - Agnostidae

Taxonomy
Homagnostus acutus was named by Kobayashi (1938). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pseudagnostus acutus by Palmer (1960); it was recombined as Acmarhachis acuta by Rasetti (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Homagnostus acutus Kobayashi
1960Pseudagnostus acutus Palmer p. 62 figs. pl. 4 fig. 10-12
1961Acmarhachis acuta Rasetti p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyAgnostidaeM'Coy 1849
genusAcmarhachisResser 1938
speciesacuta(Kobayashi 1938)

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.

Acmarhachis acuta Kobayashi 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:55:17
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:55:17
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Pseudagnostus acutus (75270)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Acmarhachis acuta (62204 62205)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Acmarhachis acuta (55217 55220 55223 55224 55225 55231 55232 55234 55277 55278 55281 55282)