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Faxelepas

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae

Taxonomy
Faxelepas was named by Gale (2014). Its type is Pycnolepas bruennichi.

It was assigned to Brachylepadidae by Chan et al. (2021); and to Pycnolepadidae by Gale and Vidovic (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Faxelepas Gale
2021Faxelepas Chan et al.
2023Faxelepas Gale and Vidovic p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
orderVerrucomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
familyPycnolepadidae
genusFaxelepasGale 2014

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. †Faxelepas Gale 2014
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Faxelepas bruennichi Withers 1914
Faxelepas ignabergensis Carlsson 1953
Faxelepas landenica Withers 1953
Faxelepas paronai de Alessandri 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available