Austrodecidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Pycnogonida
Ordo: Pantopoda
Subordo: Stiripasterida

Familia: Austrodecidae
Genera (2): Austrodecus – Pantopipetta
Name

Austrodecidae Stock, 1954

References

Bamber, R.N. 2007: A holistic re-interpretation of the phylogeny of the Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810 (Arthropoda). Pp. 295-312 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa, 1668: 1–766. Abstract & excerpt
Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3

Links

Bamber, R. (2010). Austrodecidae. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2010). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-01-29

Austrodecidae is a family of sea spiders. Austrodecidaes tend to be small measuring only 1–2 mm. This family is polyphyletic and will be split into two groups.
References

PycnoBase: World list of Pycnogonida