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Lepidurus

Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae

Taxonomy
Lepidurus was named by Leach (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Apodidae by Haughton (1924); and to Triopsidae by Tasch (1969).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Prolepidurus was named by Tchernyshev (1940). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidurus by Tasch (1969).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Lepidurus Leach
1924Lepidurus Haughton
1940Prolepidurus Tchernyshev p. 892
1969Lepidurus Tasch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderNotostracaSars 1867
familyTriopsidae
genusLepidurusLeach 1819

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. Lepidurus Leach 1819
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Invalid names: Prolepidurus Tchernyshev 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available