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Copepoda (copepod)

Hexanauplia

Taxonomy
Copepoda was named by Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards (1840). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Copepoda by Martin and Davis (2001), Oakley et al. (2013) and Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Maxillopoda by Martin and Davis (2001); to Arthropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Crustacea by Kiessling (2003); and to Hexanauplia by Oakley et al. (2013) and Lozano-Fernandez et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Copepoda Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards
2001Copepoda Martin and Davis p. 60
2002Copepoda Sepkoski
2003Copepoda Kiessling
2013Copepoda Oakley et al.
2019Copepoda Lozano-Fernandez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classHexanauplia
subclassCopepoda(Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards 1840)
subclassCopepoda(Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards 1840)

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.

Subcl. Copepoda Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards 1840 [copepod]
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G. Cletocamptus Schmankevitch 1875
Or. Harpacticoida Sars 1903
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Invalid names: Cletodidae Scott 1904 [empty], Ectinosomatidae Sars 1903 [empty]
Infracl. Neocopepoda Huys and Boxshall 1991
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Superor. Gymnoplea Giesbrecht 1882
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Invalid names: Calanoida Sars 1903 [empty]
Superor. Podoplea Giesbrecht 1992
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Invalid names: Cyclopoida Burmeister 1834 [empty], Gelyelloida Huys 1988 [empty], Misophrioida Gurney 1933 [empty], Monstrilloida Sars 1901 [empty], Mormonilloida Boxshall 1979 [empty], Poecilostomatoida Thorell 1859 [empty], Siphonostomatoida Thorell 1859 [empty]
Infracl. Progymnoplea Lang 1948
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Invalid names: Platycopioida Fosshagen 1985 [empty]
G. Sphaerothylacus Sluiter 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Cletocamptus sp. (106431)