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Neolepas

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Neolepadidae

Taxonomy
Neolepas was named by Newman [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u , J Plie-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Neolepadinae, Neolepadoidea.

It was assigned to Eolepadinae by Buckeridge (1983); to Cirripedia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Neolepadidae by Gale (2019) and Chan et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Neolepas Buckeridge p. 27
2002Neolepas Sepkoski
2019Neolepas Gale
2021Neolepas Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyNeolepadoideaYamaguchi et al. 2004
familyNeolepadidae(Yamaguchi et al. 2004)
genusNeolepasNewman

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. Neolepas Newman
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Diagnosis
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