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Retrocypoda almelai

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Taxonomy
Retrocypoda almelae was named by Via (1959). It is the type species of Retrocypoda.

It was corrected as Retrocypoda almelai by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Beschin et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Retrocypoda almelae Via p. 64
1996Retrocypoda almelae Beschin et al. p. 96
2010Retrocypoda almelai Schweitzer et al. p. 100
2012Retrocypoda almelai Beschin et al. p. 59 figs. Pl 7, figs 5a-b; text-fig 52

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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
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyRetroplumoideaGill 1894
familyRetroplumidaeGill 1894
genusRetrocypoda
speciesalmelai()

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.

Retrocypoda almelai Via 1959
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Diagnosis
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