Welcome to the Crustaceans subsite on Invertebrate Paleontology!
Please enter a genera name to retrieve more information.
Eulimnadia
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Branchiopoda
Subclass:
Diplostraca
Order:
Conchostraca
Suborder:
Spinicaudata
Superfamily:
Limnadiodea
Family:
Limnadiidae
Subfamily:
Limnadiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eulimnadia PACKARD, 1874
Type Species:
*E. agassizii, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 48,3. *E. agassizii, USA (Mass.), 3 , left valve cut away to show soft-part anatomy, X6, 3b, telson, enlarged (102)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA, W.Indies, Mexico
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Carapace narrow, ovate, growth lines ranging from 1 to 12, conspicuous ventral spine on telson at base of terminal spines (cercopods); 18 pairs of legs, antennules variable in length, flagella of antennae with 9 segments
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Branchiopoda
Subclass:
Diplostraca
Order:
Conchostraca
Suborder:
Spinicaudata
Superfamily:
Limnadiodea
Family:
Limnadiidae
Subfamily:
Limnadiinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eulimnadia PACKARD, 1874
Type Species:
*E. agassizii, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 48,3. *E. agassizii, USA (Mass.), 3 , left valve cut away to show soft-part anatomy, X6, 3b, telson, enlarged (102)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA, W.Indies, Mexico
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Carapace narrow, ovate, growth lines ranging from 1 to 12, conspicuous ventral spine on telson at base of terminal spines (cercopods); 18 pairs of legs, antennules variable in length, flagella of antennae with 9 segments