Hymenocaris is a genus of Cambrian crustaceans.
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| Life restoration of Hymenocaris vermicauda | |
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| Order: | †Hymenostraca Rolfe, 1969
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| Family: | †Hymenocarididae Haeckel, 1896
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| Genus: | †Hymenocaris Salter, 1853
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| Species: | †H. vermicauda
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| Hymenocaris vermicauda Salter, 1853
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Taxonomy
editSome species originally assigned to Hymenocaris were later transferred to Canadaspis, such as Canadaspis perfecta (Hymenocaris perfecta), leaving only Hymenocaris vermicauda.[1] Differences between Hymenocaris and Canadaspis have been used to justify erecting a separate family, Hymenocarididae and order, Hymenostraca for Hymenocaris,[1] although it is also sometimes placed in the family Canadaspididae and the order Canadaspidida.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Derek E. G. Briggs (1978). "The morphology, mode of life, and affinities of Canadaspis perfecta (Crustacea: Phyllocarida), Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale, British Columbia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (984): 439–487. Bibcode:1978RSPTB.281..439B. doi:10.1098/rstb.1978.0005. JSTOR 2418038.
- ^ Mikko Haaramo (March 11, 2008). "†Proschizoramia". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
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