Malacostraca
Arthropoda Classification

Malacostraca: Classification

Abbreviated Dendrogram
Crustacea │ └─Malacostraca ├─Phyllocarida └─┬─Hoplocarida └─Eumalacostraca ├─Syncarida ├─Peracarida └─Eucarida └─Decapoda
Contents

Overview
Malacostraca
Phyllocarida
Hoplocarida
Syncarida
Peracarida
Mysida
Amphipoda
Isopoda
Eucarida
Classification
Dendrogram
References


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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