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Blepharipoda

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Blepharipodidae

Taxonomy
Blepharipoda is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Albuneidae by Rathbun (1926); to Blepharipodidae by Boyko (2002); and to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Blepharipoda Rathbun p. 126
2002Blepharipoda Boyko p. 26
2002Blepharipoda Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyHippoideaLatreille 1825
familyBlepharipodidae
genusBlepharipoda

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.

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Blepharipoda brucei Rathbun 1926
Blepharipoda doelloi Schmitt 1942
Blepharipoda liberata Shen 1949
Blepharipoda occidentalis Randall 1840
Blepharipoda scabra Molina 1810
Blepharipoda spinosa Milne-Edwards and Lucas 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:15:05
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:15:05
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) B. brucei (139887)