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Bresilioidea
Bresilioidea is a superfamily of shrimp. It is likely to be an artificial group, containing five families which may or may not be related. References Caridea Arthropod superfamilies {{Caridea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridea
The Caridea, commonly known as caridean shrimp or true shrimp, are an infraorder of shrimp within the order Decapoda. This infraorder contains all species of true shrimp. They are found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Many other animals with similar names – such as the mud shrimp of Axiidea and the boxer shrimp of Stenopodidea – are not true shrimp, but many have evolved features similar to true shrimp. Biology Carideans are found in every kind of aquatic habitat, with the majority of species being marine. Around a quarter of the described species are found in fresh water, however, including almost all the members of the species-rich family Atyidae and the Palaemonidae subfamily Palaemoninae. They include several commercially important species, such as ''Macrobrachium rosenbergii'', and are found on every continent except Antarctica. The marine species are found at depths to , and from the tropics to the polar regions. In addition to the great variety in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Calman
William Thomas Calman (29 December 1871 – 29 September 1952) was a Scottish zoologist, specialising in the Crustacea. From 1927 to 1936 he was Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum (Natural History) (now the Natural History Museum). Life He was born in Dundee, the son of Thomas Calman, a music teacher, and Agnes Beatts Maclean. He studied at the High School of Dundee. In the scientific societies in Dundee, he met D'Arcy Thompson. He later became Thompson's lab boy, which allowed him to attend lectures at University College, Dundee for free. A. D. Peacock, one of Thompson's successors to the chair of Natural history at Dundee, believed this appointment came about following a letter sent by Calman in 1891 asking Thompson's advice as to applying for a post in Edinburgh. After his graduation with distinction in 1895, he took on a lecturership at the university, where he remained for eight years. When Thompson died, Calman, along with Douglas Young, wrote his obituary notice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agostocarididae
''Agostocaris'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Agostocarididae. The species of this genus are found in the Caribbean. Species: *''Agostocaris acklinsensis'' *''Agostocaris bozanici'' *''Agostocaris williamsi'' *''Agostocaris zabaletai ''Agostocaris'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Agostocarididae. The species of this genus are found in the Caribbean. Species: *''Agostocaris acklinsensis'' *''Agostocaris bozanici'' *''Agostocaris williamsi '' ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18607209 Crustaceans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvinocarididae
Alvinocarididae is a family of shrimp, originally described by M. L. Christoffersen in 1986 from samples collected by DSV ''Alvin'', from which they derive their name. Shrimp of the family Alvinocarididae generally inhabit deep sea hydrothermal vent regions, and hydrocarbon cold seep environments. Carotenoid pigment has been found in their bodies. The family Alvinocarididae comprises 7 extant genera. Species '' Alvinocaris'' *''Alvinocaris alexander'' Ahyong, 2009 – South Pacific Ocean, southern Kermadec ridge, Rumble V seamount (at depths of ) and Brothers Caldera (at depths of ) hydrothermal vent fields. ''A. alexander'' closely resembles ''A. williamsi'' from the Menez Gwen site on the mid-Atlantic ridge *''Alvinocaris brevitelsonis'' Kikuchi & Hashimoto, 2000 – West Pacific Ocean, Mid-Okinawa Trough , at a depth of . *''Alvinocaris dissimilis'' Komai & Segonzac, 2005 – West Pacific Ocean, Mid-Okinawa Trough; recognised among the paratypes of ''A. brevitelsonis''. *''Alv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bresiliidae
Bresiliidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda. Genera: * '' Bresilia'' Calman, 1896 * ''Encantada Encantada ( Spanish and Portuguese for "charmed" or " enchanted") may refer to: * Encantada, Texas, a census-designated place near Brownsville, Texas, USA * Encantada, Mexico, a village in Coahuila, Mexico * Casa Encantada, a famously expensive ...'' Wicksten, 1989 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6488934 Decapods Decapod families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disciadidae
Disciadidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda. Genera: * '' Discias'' Rathbun, 1902 * '' Kirnasia'' Burukovsky, 1988 * ''Lucaya Lucaya is a suburb of Freeport, Bahamas, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, approximately 105 mi (160 km) east-northeast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Lucaya's primary industry is tourism. Major hotels and attractions in the resort ...'' Chace, 1939 * '' Tridiscias'' Kensley, 1983 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q11842912 Decapods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudochelidae
''Pseudocheles'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Pseudochelidae. The species of this genus are found in Central and Southern America. Species: *'' Pseudocheles chacei'' *'' Pseudocheles enigma'' *'' Pseudocheles falsapinca'' *'' Pseudocheles neutra'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q11847247 Decapods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superfamily (zoology)
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain. While older approaches to taxonomic classification were phenomenological, forming groups on the basis of similarities in appearance, organic structure and behaviour, methods based on genetic analysis have opened the road to cladistics. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms. Above it, each rank is classified within more general categories of organisms and groups of organisms related to each other through inheritance of traits or features from common ancestors. The rank of any ''species'' and the description of its ''genus'' is ''basic''; which means that to identify a particular organism, it is usually not necessary to specify ranks other than these first two. Consider a particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyphyly
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of convergent evolution. The arrangement of the members of a polyphyletic group is called a polyphyly .. ource for pronunciation./ref> It is contrasted with monophyly and paraphyly. For example, the biological characteristic of warm-bloodedness evolved separately in the ancestors of mammals and the ancestors of birds; "warm-blooded animals" is therefore a polyphyletic grouping. Other examples of polyphyletic groups are algae, C4 photosynthetic plants, and edentates. Many taxonomists aim to avoid homoplasies in grouping taxa together, with a goal to identify and eliminate groups that are found to be polyphyletic. This is often the stimulus for major revisions of the classification schemes. Researchers concerned more with ecology than with system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
