Syncarida

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Syncarida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Syncarida
Packard, 1885
Orders

Syncarida is a superorder of crustaceans, comprising the two extant orders Anaspidacea and Bathynellacea, [1] [2] and the extinct order Palaeocaridacea. [3]

Taxonomy

Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families: [4]

Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
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Anaspides in an alpine pool

References

  1. ↑ "Syncarida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved August 16, 2007.
  2. ↑ Todd Haney (2004). "Classification". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County . Retrieved August 8, 2007.
  3. ↑ A. I. Camacho & A. G. Valdecasas (2008). "Global diversity of syncarids (Syncarida; Crustacea) in freshwater". In E. V. Balian; C. Lévêque; H. Segers & K. Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. Vol. 198. Springer. pp. 257–266. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_28.
  4. ↑ Estela C. Lopretto & Juan J. Morrone (1998). "Anaspidacea, Bathynellacea (Crustacea, Syncarida), generalised tracks, and the biogeographical relationships of South America". Zoologica Scripta . 27 (4): 311–318. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00463.x.


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