A morphology-based character matrix tests relationships among sampled malacostracan orders. The resulting topology is an analytical hypothesis and neither dates Malacostraca nor samples every fossil lineage.
claim:taxon:malacostracaPhylogenetic analysis of the Malacostraca (Crustacea)
Richter, S.; Scholtz, G.
Year2001
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00164.x
Fitness and scope
topology · taxonomy
A morphology-based sampled analysis; it does not establish a temporal origin.