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Darwinula

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae

Taxonomy
Darwinula was named by Brady and Robertson (1885). It is extant. Its type is Polycheles stevensoni.

It was assigned to Ostracoda by Smith and Xu (1988); and to Darwinulidae by Musacchio (1973) and Rosetti and Martens (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Polycheles Brady and Robertson
1872Darwinella Brady and Robertson
1885Darwinula Brady and Robertson
1973Darwinula Musacchio
1988Darwinula Smith and Xu p. 96
1998Darwinula Rosetti and Martens p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderDarwinulocopina(Sohn 1988)
superfamilyDarwinuloideaBrady and Norman 1889
familyDarwinulidaeBrady and Norman 1889
genusDarwinulaBrady and Robertson 1885

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. Darwinula Brady and Robertson 1885
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Darwinula contracta Mandelstam 1955
Darwinula kwangoensis Grekoff 1957
Darwinula stevensoni Brady and Robertson 1870
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Invalid names: Argilloecia aurea Brady and Robertson 1870 [synonym], Darwinula protracta Rome 1953 [synonym], Darwinula sphenoides Rome 1977 [synonym], Darwinula variabilis Tagliasacchi 1968 [synonym]
Invalid names: Darwinella Brady and Robertson 1872 [synonym], Polycheles Brady and Robertson 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available