| Godzilliidae | |
|---|---|
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| Godzillius louriei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Remipedia |
| Order: | Nectiopoda |
| Family: | Godzilliidae Schram, Yager & Emerson, 1986 |
Godzilliidae is a family of remipedes in the order Nectiopoda. There are at least two genera and four described species in Godzilliidae.[1][2] The family is named after the Japanese movie monster Godzilla.
Genera
These two genera belong to the family Godzilliidae:
- Godzilliognomus Yager, 1989
- Godzillius Schram, Yager & Emerson, 1986
References
- "Godzilliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- "Godzilliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
Further reading
- von Reumont, Bjoern M.; Jenner, Ronald A.; Wills, Matthew A.; Dell'Ampio, Emiliano; et al. (2011). "Pancrustacean phylogeny in the light of new phylogenomic data: support for Remipedia as the possible sister group of Hexapoda". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29 (3): 1031–1045. doi:10.1093/molbev/msr270. PMID 22049065.
- Yager, Jill (1981). "Remipedia, a new class of Crustacea from a marine cave in the Bahamas". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 1 (3): 328–333. doi:10.2307/1547965. JSTOR 1547965.