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Marrolithus orthogonius

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Marrolithus orthogonius was named by Dean (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Marrolithus orthogonius Dean

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusMarrolithusBancroft 1929
speciesorthogoniusDean 1967

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-06-09 08:27:40
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:44:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available