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WoRMS taxon details

Cephalocarida

AphiaID

150314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150314)

Classification

Authority

Sanders, 1955

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Allotriocarida

Direct children (1)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

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Order Brachypoda

Environment

marine

Original description

Sanders, H.L. (1955). The Cephalocarida, a new subclass of Crustacea from Long Island Sound. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 41: 61-66.</em> [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Cephalocarida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150314 on 2026-06-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-04 08:20:42Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-09-16 13:36:52Z

checked

Boxshall, Geoff

2022-09-02 08:22:57Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

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Nomenclature

original description Sanders, H.L. (1955). The Cephalocarida, a new subclass of Crustacea from Long Island Sound. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 41: 61-66.</em> [details]

basis of record 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]