World list of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida

WoRMS taxon details

Pygocephalus Huxley, 1857 †

AphiaID

477268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:477268)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pygocephalidae Brooks, 1962 †

Synonymised names

Brooksocaris Birshteyn, 1967 † · unaccepted

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Species Pygocephalus aisenvergi (Birshteyn, 1967) †
Species Pygocephalus cooperi Huxley, 1857 †
Species Pygocephalus dubius (Prestwich, 1840) †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Huxley, T.H. 1857. Description of a new crustacean (Pygocephalus cooperi) from the Coal Measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, 13, 363-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1857.013.01-02.45 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mees, J.; Meland, K. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Pygocephalus Huxley, 1857 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=477268 on 2024-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-05-18 08:44:55Z

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Mees, Jan

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original description Huxley, T.H. 1857. Description of a new crustacean (Pygocephalus cooperi) from the Coal Measures. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, 13, 363-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1857.013.01-02.45 [details]

original description (of Brooksocaris Birshteyn, 1967 †) Birshteyn, Ya. A. (1967). Notes on Paleozoic Malacostraca of USSR. Pygocephalomorpha Int. Geol. Rev. 9(4): 598-603 (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription Pinto, I. D.; Würdig, N. L. (2014). Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Pygocephalus Huxley, 1857: morphology and taxonomy. <em>REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA.</em> 17(3): 275-288., available online at https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2014.3.01 [details]

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