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Dechenella (Basidechenella) kayseri

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella kayseri was named by Richter (1909) [Dechenella Kayseri].

It was recombined as Dechenella (Basidechenella) kayseri by Richter (1912); it was recombined as Basidechenella kayseri by Lieberman (1994) and Basse (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Dechenella kayseri Richter pp. 29 - 33
1912Dechenella (Basidechenella) kayseri Richter pp. 278 - -285 figs. pl. 18 f. 1-8
1994Basidechenella kayseri Lieberman pp. 44-45
1997Basidechenella kayseri Basse pp. 65 - 71 figs. pl. 3 f. 7-17; pl. 14 f. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusDechenellaRichter 1912
subgenusBasidechenella
specieskayseri(Richter 1909)

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: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available