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Polychelidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Polychelidae

Taxonomy
Polychelidae was named by Wood-Mason (1875). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eryonoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Polychelidae Wood-Mason
2010Polychelidae Schweitzer et al. p. 44
2013Polychelidae Feldmann et al. p. 5

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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
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderPolychelidaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyEryonoideaDe Haan 1841
familyPolychelidaeWood-Mason 1875
familyPolychelidaeWood-Mason 1875

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.

Fm. Polychelidae Wood-Mason 1875
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G. †Antarcticheles Aguirre-Urreta et al. 1990
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Antarcticheles antarcticus Aguirre-Urreta et al. 1990
G. Pentacheles Bate 1878
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Pentacheles validus Milne-Edwards 1880
G. Polycheles Heller 1862
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Polycheles martini Ahyong and Brown 2002
Polycheles suhmi Bate 1878
Polycheles surdus Galil 2000
Polycheles typhlops Heller 1862
G. Willemoesia Grote 1873
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G. †Willemoesiocaris Van Straelen 1924
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Willemoesiocaris ovalis Van Straelen 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available