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Lepas (Lepas) moturoaensis

Thecostraca - Scalpellomorpha - Lepadidae

Taxonomy
Lepas moturoaensis was named by Maxwell (1968). Its type specimen is DC224, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lepas (Lepas) moturoaensis by Buckeridge (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Lepas moturoaensis Maxwell p. 157 figs. figs. 1-4
1983Lepas (Lepas) moturoaensis Buckeridge p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
orderScalpellomorpha(Newman 1987)
superfamilyLepadoideaDarwin 1852
familyLepadidaeDarwin 1851
genusLepasLinnaeus 1758
subgenusLepasLinnaeus 1758
speciesmoturoaensis(Maxwell 1968)

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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Diagnosis
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