Tetrachela
| Tetrachela Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Polychelida |
| Family: | Tetrachelidae Beurlen, 1930 |
| Genus: | Tetrachela Reuss, 1858 |
| Species: | T. raiblana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetrachela raiblana (Bronn, 1858) | |
Tetrachela raiblana is an extinct species of polychelid crustacean from the Late Triassic. It is the only species in the family Tetrachelidae.[1] It is distinguished from most other polychelids, including all the extant Polychelidae, by the retention of the diaeresis of the uropodal exopods.[2]
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Shane T. Ahyong (2009). "The polychelidan lobsters: phylogeny and systematics (Polychelida: Polychelidae)". In Joel W. Martin, Keith A. Crandall & Darryl F. Felder. Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics (PDF). Crustacean Issues 18. CRC Press. pp. 369–396. ISBN 978-1-4200-9258-5.
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