Mictacea
| Mictacea | |
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Mictocaris halope
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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] |
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Mictacea is a monotypic
Mictocaris halope.[4]
Description
Mictaceans have a brood pouch (marsupium) and biramous thoracic limbs, but lack a carapace.[5] They have eyestalks but "no functioning visual elements".[6]
History
The existence of animals resembling the Mictacea had been predicted by Frederick Schram in 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
A single species is recognised:
- Mictocarididae Bowman & Iliffe, 1985
- Mictocaris halope Bowman & Iliffe, 1985
References
- ^ a b J. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132.
- ^ a b J. K. Lowry & M. Yerman. "Mictacea". crustacea.net. Australian Museum. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2007.
- ^ WoRMS. "Hirsutiidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ WoRMS. "Mictocaris halope Bowman & Iliffe, 1985". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-306-46721-9.
- ISBN 978-3-540-68657-6.)
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