Syncarida
Appearance
Syncarida | |
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Koonunga cursor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Subclass: | Eumalacostraca |
Superorder: | Syncarida Packard, 1885 |
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Syncarida is a superorder of crustaceans, comprising the two extant orders Anaspidacea and Bathynellacea,[1][2] and the extinct order Palaeocaridacea.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families:[4]
- Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
- Anaspididae Thomson, 1893
- Koonungidae Sayce, 1908
- Psammaspididae Schminke, 1974
- Stygocarididae Noodt, 1963
- Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
- Bathynellidae Grobben, 1904
- Parabathynellidae Noodt, 1965
![A photo of an Anaspides syncaridan in an alpine pool, viewed from the side showing details of appendages](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Anaspides_viewed_from_side_photograph.jpg/220px-Anaspides_viewed_from_side_photograph.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ "Syncarida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
- ^ Todd Haney (2004). "Classification". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
- ^ A. I. Camacho & A. G. Valdecasas (2008). "Global diversity of syncarids (Syncarida; Crustacea) in freshwater". In E. V. Balian; C. Lévêque; H. Segers & K. Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Vol. 198. Springer. pp. 257–266. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_28.
- ^ Estela C. Lopretto & Juan J. Morrone (1998). "Anaspidacea, Bathynellacea (Crustacea, Syncarida), generalised tracks, and the biogeographical relationships of South America". Zoologica Scripta. 27 (4): 311–318. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00463.x.
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