Published December 18, 2012 | Version v1
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Pycnogonida Latreille 1810

Description

PYCNOGONIDA LATREILLE, 1810 [= ARACHNOPODA DANA, 1853]

Diagnosis: Chelicerata with all body segments retaining dorsal differentiation; external proboboscis developed around mouth; appendage III modified into ovigers; abdomen generally reduced.

Notes

Published as part of Lamsdell, James C., 2013, Revised systematics of Palaeozoic ' horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura, pp. 1-27 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5292231

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Taxon rank
class
Taxonomic concept label
Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810 sec. Lamsdell, 2013

References

  • Latreille PA. 1810. Considerations generales sur l'Ordre Naturel des Animaux composant les Classes des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris: 1 - 446.
  • Dana JD. 1853. Crustacea, pt. II, Arachnopoda or Pycnogonida. United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. C. 14. Philadelphia: Sherman, 1382 - 1391.