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Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris)

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae

Taxonomy
Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris) was named by Meek (1872). Its type is Cancer bullatus.

It was replaced with Concavicaris by Rolfe (1961), Chlupáč (1963) and Laville et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Ceratiocaris by Meek (1872).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris) Meek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderCeratiocaridina(Clark 1900)
familyCeratiocarididaeSalter 1860
genusCeratiocaris
subgenusColpocarisMeek 1872

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.

Subg. †Ceratiocaris (Colpocaris) Meek 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-21 12:34:55
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:34:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
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