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Cricocosmia

Cricocosmiidae

Taxonomy
Cricocosmia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Priapulida by Sepkoski (2002); to Nematomorpha by Bambach et al. (2007); and to Cricocosmiidae by Han et al. (2007) and Shi et al. (2022).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cricocosmia Sepkoski
2007Cricocosmia Bambach et al.
2007Cricocosmia Han et al.
2022Cricocosmia Shi et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
RankNameAuthor
Scaldiphora
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
Palaeoscolecidomorpha
familyCricocosmiidae
genusCricocosmia

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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Cricocosmia jinningensis Hou and Sun 1988
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Han et al. 2007Eversible proboscis with ten longitudinal rows
of scalids; trunk with paired macrosclerites that composed of
many tubercles on the outer surface and corresponding pits in
the inner surface