Branchiura

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Branchiura Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Argulus sp. on a stickleback
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Branchiura Thorell, 1864
Orders
Arguloida † Cyclida

Branchiura is a group of crustaceans ranked as a subclass of the class Maxillopoda. It comprises the fish lice of the family Argulidae, and the prehistoric Cyclida ("cycloids").^[1]

References

↑ Geoff A. Boxshall & Damià Jaume (2009). "Exopodites, epipodites and gills in crustaceans" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 67 (2): 229–254.

Extant Arthropoda classes by subphylum

Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Eumetazoa
(unranked) Bilateria
(unranked) Protostomia
Superphylum Ecdysozoa

incertae sedis	Pycnogonida (sea spiders)¹

Chelicerata	Merostomata² Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites)

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Myriapoda

Pancrustacea
(Crustacea +
+ Hexapoda)

Oligostraca

Ostracoda (seed shrimps)

Ichthyostraca³

Mystacocarida³

nameless clade³	Pentastomida (tongue worms)³ Branchiura (fish lice)³

Multicrustacea

Malacostraca (woodlice, shrimps, crayfish, lobsters, crabs)

Hexanauplia³	Copepoda (copepods)³ Thecostraca (barnacles and relatives)³ + Tantulocarida³

Allotriocarida

nameless clade

Remipedia

Hexapoda	Entognatha (springtails, coneheads, two-pronged bristletails) Insecta (insects)

¹traditionally placed in Chelicerata
²contains the only extant order Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs)
³formerly in Maxillopoda
italic are paraphyletic groups
classification of pancrustaceans is based on Oakley et al. (2013) and Petrunina (2012) (for Tantulocarida)

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