Tetrachela
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Family: | Tetrachelidae Beurlen, 1930
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Genus: | Tetrachela Reuss, 1858
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Species: | T. raiblana
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Tetrachela raiblana (Bronn, 1858)
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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 (ed.). Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics (PDF). Crustacean Issues 18. CRC Press. pp. 369–396. ISBN 978-1-4200-9258-5.