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Platylichas margaritifer

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas margaritifer was named by Nieszkowski (1857).

It was recombined as Lichas (Platylichas) margaritifer by Gürich (1901); it was recombined as Platylichas margaritifer by Warburg (1939), Owen and Bruton (1980), Owen (1981) and Owen and Harper (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Lichas margaritifer Nieszkowski
1901Lichas (Platylichas) margaritifer Gürich
1939Platylichas margaritifer Warburg p. 104
1980Platylichas margaritifer Owen and Bruton
1981Platylichas margaritifer Owen
1982Platylichas margaritifer Owen and Harper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPlatylichinaePhleger 1936
genusPlatylichas(Gürich 1901)
speciesmargaritifer(Nieszkowski 1857)

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.

Platylichas margaritifer Nieszkowski 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:42:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:42:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available