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Acadiocaris

Malacostraca - Hemicaridea - Acadiocarididae

Taxonomy
Acadiocaris is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Palaeocaris novascoticus. It is the type genus of Acadiocarididae.

It was assigned to Anthracocarididae by Brooks et al. (1969); to Acadiocarididae by Schram (1974); and to Tanaidacea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Acadiocaris Brooks et al. p. R393
1974Acadiocaris Schram p. 107
2002Acadiocaris Sepkoski

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
orderHemicarideaSchram 1981
superfamilySpelaeogriphaceaGordon 1957
familyAcadiocarididae
genusAcadiocaris

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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Acadiocaris novascotica Copeland 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 08:12:00
Modified: 2010-02-04 15:07:01
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available