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Austrodecus

Pycnogonida

Taxonomy
Austrodecus is a genus.

It was assigned to Tanystylidae by Størmer (1955); and to Pycnogonida by Siveter et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Austrodecus Størmer p. P168
2004Austrodecus Siveter et al. p. 980

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classPycnogonidaLatreille 1810
genusAustrodecus

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
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-15 04:21:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:22:33
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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