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Sylon

Thecostraca - Clistosaccidae

Taxonomy
Sylon was named by Kroeyer (1855). It is extant. Its type is Sylon hippolytes.

It was assigned to Sylonidae by Newman et al. (1969); and to Clistosaccidae by Chan et al. (2021).

Species
S. hippolytes (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Sylon Kroeyer p. 128
1969Sylon Newman et al. p. 273
2021Sylon Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassRhizocephala(Müller 1862)
familyClistosaccidaeLilljeborg 1861
genusSylonKroeyer 1855

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.

G. Sylon Kroeyer 1855
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Sylon hippolytes Sars 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available