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Ophthalmapseudes rhenanus

Malacostraca - Tanaidacea - Ophthalmapseudidae

Taxonomy
Macrura rhenana was named by Malzahn (1958). Its type specimen is Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung Z10, a carapace (Cephalothorax, 6 thorax, 6 abdominal), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Zechstein Limestone Drillhole 57 Friedrich Heinrich Mine Kamp-Lintfort Germany, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale/limestone in the Zechstein Limestone Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Ophthalmapseudes.

It was recombined as Ophthalmapseudes rhenanus by Glaessner (1962) and Schram et al. (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Macrura rhenana Malzahn
1962Ophthalmapseudes rhenanus Glaessner p. 259 figs. Pls 2-4
1986Ophthalmapseudes rhenanus Schram et al. p. 129 fig. 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
Life
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
Mancoida
orderTanaidaceaDana 1849
familyOphthalmapseudidaeSieg 1980
genusOphthalmapseudes
speciesrhenanus(Malzahn 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.

Ophthalmapseudes rhenanus Malzahn 1958
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Diagnosis
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