| Malacostraca | ||
| Arthropoda | Eucarida |
| Arthropoda | Eumalacostraca
└─► |
|||
| Ostracoda | None |
Decapoda |
|
Abbreviated Dendrogram
Crustacea
│
└─Malacostraca
├─Phyllocarida
└─┬─Hoplocarida
└─Eumalacostraca
├─Syncarida
├─Peracarida
└─Eucarida
├─Euphausiacea
├─Amphionidacea
└─Decapoda
|
Contents
Overview |
Taxa on This Page
From the Triassic
Phylogeny: Eumalacostraca : Syncarida + Peracarida + * : Euphausiacea + Amphionidacea + Decapoda
Characters: the carapace covers the cephalothorax and the eyes are stalked. - Twenhofel & Shrock 1935
No fossil record
Phylogeny: Eucarida : Amphionidacea + Decapoda + *
Characters: Caridoid (shrimp-like) forms in which none of the thoracic appendages are specialised as maxillipeds and the gills are in a single series attached to the bases of the thoracic limbs.- Zittel & Eastman 1913
No fossil record
Phylogeny: Eucarida : Euphausiacea + Decapoda + *
Comments: Amphionides reynaudii is the sole representative of the order Amphionidacea, and is a small (less than one inch long) planktonic crustacean found throughout the world's tropical oceans, the larvae mostly in shallow waters, and the adults at greater depth. - Wkipedia
Illustration: Wkipedia
Page MAK120518 Creative Commons Attribution