Austrodecidae
Appearance
Austrodecidae | |
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Austrodecus bamberi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Pycnogonida |
Order: | Pantopoda |
Suborder: | Stiripasterida |
Family: | Austrodecidae Stock, 1954 |
Genera | |
Diversity | |
2 genera, c. 55 species |
Austrodecidae is a family of sea spiders. Austrodecids tend to be small measuring only 1–2 mm, characterized by an annulated proboscis with vertical slit-like mouth opening.[1] It is the most basal family of the order Pantopoda, representing a lineage (Stiripasterida) sister to all other pantopod families (Eupantopodida).[2]
References
[edit]- PycnoBase: World list of Pycnogonida
External links
[edit]- Data related to Austrodecidae at Wikispecies
- ^ Arango, Claudia P.; Wheeler, Ward C. (2007). "Phylogeny of the sea spiders (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) based on direct optimization of six loci and morphology". Cladistics. 23 (3): 255–293. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00143.x. ISSN 1096-0031. PMID 34905863.
- ^ Ballesteros, Jesús A; Setton, Emily V W; Santibáñez-López, Carlos E; Arango, Claudia P; Brenneis, Georg; Brix, Saskia; Corbett, Kevin F; Cano-Sánchez, Esperanza; Dandouch, Merai; Dilly, Geoffrey F; Eleaume, Marc P; Gainett, Guilherme; Gallut, Cyril; McAtee, Sean; McIntyre, Lauren (2020-09-11). "Phylogenomic Resolution of Sea Spider Diversification through Integration of Multiple Data Classes". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38 (2): 686–701. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa228. ISSN 1537-1719. PMC 7826184. PMID 32915961.