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Branchioplax albertii

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae

Taxonomy
Branchioplax albertii was named by De Angeli and Beschin (2002). Its type specimen is MCZ I.G. 286340, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cava Main di Arzignano, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Branchioplax albertii De Angeli and Beschin p. 126 fig. 2,3
2006Branchioplax albertii Beschin et al. p. 108
2009Branchioplax albertii De Angeli and Caporiondo p. 30
2010Branchioplax albertii Schweitzer et al. p. 137

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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
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyMathildellidae()
genusBranchioplax
speciesalbertii

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.

Branchioplax albertii De Angeli and Beschin 2002
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Diagnosis
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