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Lophogastrida 
AphiaID: 149669

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder)
Authority Boas, 1883
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Order
Parent Peracarida
Sources  basis of record: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: World List of the Mysidacea - Created by Wooldridge, T. & Mees, J. [details]

additional source: Meland, K., & E. Willassen. 2007. The disunity of “Mysidacea” (Crustacea).-- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1083-1104. [details]

additional source: Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English lophogastrids  [details]
English opossom shrimp  [details]
English opossum shrimps  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Family Eucopiidae G.O. Sars, 1885
Family Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984
Family Lophogastridae G.O. Sars, 1870
Family Peachocarididae Schram, 1986 †
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  classification: Often treated as subordo of the Mysidacea, together with the Mysida [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149669
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-03-30 08:09:10Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2005-07-07 11:56:59Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-11-20 08:17:13Z  checked  Mees, Jan
2011-03-27 19:51:43Z  changed  Meland, Kenneth
  
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  Citation: Meland, K.; Mees, J. (2013). Lophogastrida. In: Mees, J. & K. Meland (Eds) (2012 onwards) World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149669 on 2013-05-21
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