Lepidocaris rhyniensis (English spelling) Lepidocarisrhyniensis

Japanese: Lepidocaris rhyniensis(英語表記)Lepidocarisrhyniensis
Lepidocaris rhyniensis (English spelling) Lepidocarisrhyniensis

…It has the most primitive characteristics of all living crustaceans, and is tiny, measuring less than 3 mm in length. In 1926, DJ Scourfield discovered a fossil crustacean measuring about 3 mm in length in the middle or lower Devonian strata of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, eastern Scotland, UK. At first glance, it resembles a living crustacean called a prawn (Anostraca), and was named Lepidocaris rhyniensis and announced as a new family, genus, and species. This species is unusual for a fossil, being so well preserved that the morphology of not only the adult but also the larvae could be examined in detail. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lepidocaris rhyniensis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現生甲殻類のうちもっとも原始的な特徴をもち体長3mm以下と微小。1926年,スカウアーフィールドD.J.Scourfieldによって,イギリスのスコットランド東部,アバディーンシャー州のライニーの古生代デボン紀の中部あるいは下部の地層から発見された体長約3mmの化石甲殻類の一種は,現生甲殻類のうちではホウネンエビ類(鰓脚亜綱無甲目)に一見よく似ており,レピドカリス・リニエンシスLepidocaris rhyniensisと命名され,新科,新属,新種として発表された。この種は化石としては珍しく,非常によく保存されており,成体はもちろん,幼生の形態も詳しく調べることができたほどであった。…

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