Syncarida

Syncarida
Koonunga cursor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
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] Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families:[4]

Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915

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. Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology 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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