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Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopyge glabrata was named by Angelin (1854).

It was recombined as Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata by Jaanusson (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata Jaanusson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
subgenusNeoasaphusJaanusson 1953
speciesglabrata(Angelin 1854)

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
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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:40:13
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:42:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available