Mictacea
| Mictacea | |
|---|---|
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| Mictocaris halope | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Mictacea Bowman,Garner, Hessler, Iliffe & Sanders, 1985[1] |
| Families | |
Mictaceais a monotypicorderofcrustaceans.It was originally erected for three species of smallshrimp-likeanimalsof the deep sea andanchialinecaves.[2]They were placed in two families, theMictocarididaeandHirsutiidae,[1][2]but Hirsutiidae is now placed in orderBochusacea,[3]leaving Mictacea with a single species,Mictocaris halope.[4]
Description
[edit]Mictaceans have abrood pouch(marsupium) and biramous thoracic limbs, but lack acarapace.[5]They have eyestalks but "no functioning visual elements".[6]
History
[edit]The existence of animals resembling the Mictacea had been predicted byFrederick Schramin the early 1980s. Two groups of scientists independently discovered the animals in 1985, and, once they learnt of each other's work, agreed to work together on the paper describing the new order.[7]
Species
[edit]A single species is recognised:
- MictocarididaeBowman & Iliffe, 1985
- Mictocaris halopeBowman & Iliffe, 1985
References
[edit]- ^abJ. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001).An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea(PDF).Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.pp. 1–132.
- ^abJ. K. Lowry & M. Yerman."Mictacea".crustacea.net.Australian Museum.Archived fromthe originalon May 8, 2012.RetrievedSeptember 3,2007.
- ^WoRMS."Hirsutiidae".World Register of Marine Species.Retrieved26 December2022.
- ^WoRMS."Mictocaris halopeBowman & Iliffe, 1985 ".World Register of Marine Species.Retrieved26 December2022.
- ^Matthew A. Wills (2001)."Morphological disparity: a primer".In Jonathan M. Adrain; Gregory D. Edgecombe; Bruce S. Lieberman (eds.).Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: an Analytical Approach.Topics in geobiology.Springer.pp. 55–144.ISBN978-0-306-46721-9.
- ^Olav Giere (2009)."Meiofauna taxa: a systematic account".Meiobenthology: the Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic Sediments(2nd ed.).Springer.pp. 103–234.doi:10.1007/b106489(inactive 2024-09-12).ISBN978-3-540-68657-6.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link) - ^Thomas E. Bowman; Susan P. Garner; Robert R. Hessler; Thomas M. Iliffe; Howard L. Sanders (1985). "Mictacea, a new order of Crustacea Peracarida".Journal of Crustacean Biology.5(1): 74–78.doi:10.2307/1548221.JSTOR1548221.