WoRMS name details

Onychocaudata

729920  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:729920)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Allotriocarida (Superclass)
  6. Branchiopoda (Class)
  7. Phyllopoda (Subclass)
  8. Diplostraca (Superorder)
  9. Onychocaudata (Infraorder)
Olesen & Richter, 2013
alternative representation (valid, unranked clade)
Infraorder
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
Olesen, J.; Richter, S. (2013). Onychocaudata (Branchiopoda: Diplostraca), a new high-level taxon in branchiopod systematics. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 33(1): 62-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240x-00002121 [details] 
Taxonomy Onychocaudata is a very well supported and very old clade, but does not fit well within the ranked system of WoRMS.  
Taxonomy Onychocaudata is a very well supported and very old clade, but does not fit well within the ranked system of WoRMS. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Onychocaudata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729920 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
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2013-04-23 13:12:00Z
created
Boxshall, Geoff
2017-10-11 10:40:52Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff
2019-07-25 14:04:24Z
changed
Rogers, D. Christopher
2020-10-09 17:54:08Z
changed
Rogers, D. Christopher
2021-08-27 13:30:23Z
changed
Rogers, D. Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Olesen, J.; Richter, S. (2013). Onychocaudata (Branchiopoda: Diplostraca), a new high-level taxon in branchiopod systematics. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 33(1): 62-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240x-00002121 [details] 

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Onychocaudata is a very well supported and very old clade, but does not fit well within the ranked system of WoRMS. [details]