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Abbreviated Dendrogram
CRUSTACEA | `--MALACOSTRACA |--Phyllocarida `--+--Hoplocarida `--Eumalacostraca |--Syncarida |--Peracarida `--Eucarida `--DECAPODA |
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The following very provisional classification is copied from Wikipedia, and does not include many extinct taxa
Superclass Crustacea
Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
Subclass Phyllocarida Packard, 1879
Order † Archaeostraca Claus 1888
Order † Hoplostraca Schram, 1973
Order Leptostraca Claus, 1880
Subclass Hoplocarida Calman, 1904
Order † Aeschronectida Schram, 1969
Order † Archaeostomatopoda Schram, 1969
Order Stomatopoda Latreille, 1817
Subclass Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
Superorder Syncarida Packard, 1885
Order † Palaeocaridacea Brooks, 1979
Order Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
Order Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
Superorder Peracarida Calman, 1904
Order Pygocephalomorpha (shrimp-like basal eumalacastruca - Carboniferous to Permian)
Order Spelaeogriphacea Gordon, 1957
Order Thermosbaenacea Monod, 1927
Order Lophogastrida Sars, 1870
Order Mysida Haworth, 1825 (= Mysidacea)
Order Mictacea Bowman et al., 1985
Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (sand hoppers and sand fleas. Tertiary to Recent.)
Order Isopoda Latreille, 1817 (Terrestrial wood lice and pill bugs and their marine relatives; Carboniferous - Recent.)
Order Tanaidacea Dana, 1849
Order Cumacea Krøyer, 1846
Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
Order Euphausiacea Dana, 1852
Order Amphionidacea Williamson, 1973
Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802 (see next unit)
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