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List of arthropod orders

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List of arthropod orders

Arthropods are invertebrate animals with a chitinous exoskeleton, segmented bodies, and jointed legs. The phylum Arthropoda contains numerous taxonomic orders in over 20 classes.

Contents

Class Insecta

  • Order Blattodea – 3,684–4,000
  • Order Coleoptera – 360,000–400,000
  • Order Dermaptera – 1,816
  • Order Diptera – 152,956
  • Order Embioptera – 200–300
  • Order Hemiptera – 50,000–80,000
  • Order Hymenoptera – 115,000
  • Order Lepidoptera – 174,250
  • Order Mantodea – 2,200
  • Order Mecoptera – 481
  • Order Megaloptera – 250–300
  • Order Neuroptera – 5,000
  • Order Notoptera – 30
  • Order Orthoptera – 24,380
  • Order Phasmatodea – 2,500–3,300
  • Order Phthiraptera – 3,000–3,200
  • Order Plecoptera – 2,274
  • Order Psocoptera – 5,500
  • Order Raphidioptera – 210
  • Order Siphonaptera – 2,525
  • Order Strepsiptera – 596
  • Order Thysanoptera – 5,000
  • Order Trichoptera – 12,627
  • Order Zoraptera – 28
  • Class Entognatha

  • Order Collembola
  • Order Diplura
  • Order †Monura
  • Order Protura
  • Class Arachnida

  • Order Acarina
  • Order Amblypygi
  • Order Araneae
  • Order †Haptopoda
  • Order Opiliones
  • Order Palpigradi
  • Order †Phalangiotarbida
  • Order Pseudoscorpionida
  • Order Ricinulei
  • Order Schizomida
  • Order Scorpiones
  • Order Solifugae
  • Order Thelyphonida
  • Order †Trigonotarbida
  • Class Merostomata

  • Order †Eurypterida
  • Order Xiphosura
  • Class Pycnogonida Sea spiders

  • Order Pantopoda
  • Class Yunnanata †

  • Order Fuxianhuiida
  • Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)

  • Order Scutigeromorpha
  • Order Lithobiomorpha
  • Order Craterostigmomorpha
  • Order Scolopendromorpha
  • Order Geophilomorpha
  • Subclass Penicillata

  • Order Polyxenida
  • Subclass †Arthropleuridea

  • Order †Arthropleurida
  • Order †Eoarthropleurida
  • Order †Microdecemplicida
  • Subclass Chilognatha

  • Order †Zosterogrammida
  • Infraclass Pentazonia
  • Order †Amynilyspedida
  • Superorder Limacomorpha
  • Order Glomeridesmida
  • Superorder Oniscomorpha
  • Order Glomerida
  • Order Sphaerotheriida
  • Superorder †Archipolypoda
  • Order †Archidesmida
  • Order †Cowiedesmida
  • Order †Euphoberiida
  • Order †Palaeosomatida
  • Order †Pleurojulida
  • Order Platydesmida
  • Order Polyzoniida
  • Order Siphonocryptida
  • Order Siphonophorida
  • Superorder Juliformia
  • Order Julida
  • Order Spirobolida
  • Order Spirostreptida
  • Superfamily Xyloiuloidea † (Sometimes aligned with Spirobolida)
  • Superorder Nematophora
  • Order Callipodida
  • Order Chordeumatida
  • Order Stemmiulida
  • Order Siphoniulida
  • Order Polydesmida
  • Class Pauropoda

  • Order Pauropodina
  • Class Symphyla

    No known order, 200 species in 2 families.

    Class Arthropleuridea (extinct)

  • Order Arthropleurida
  • Order Eoarthropleurida
  • Order Microdecemplicida
  • Class Branchiopoda

  • Order Anostraca
  • Order Cyclestherida
  • Order Cladocera
  • Order Notostraca
  • Class Remipedia

  • Enantiopoda †
  • Nectiopoda
  • Class Cephalocarida

  • Order Bracchypoda
  • Subclass Thecostraca

  • Order Laurida
  • Order Dendrogastrida
  • Order Pygophora
  • Order Apygophora
  • Order Kentrogonida
  • Order Akentrogonida
  • Order Pedunculata
  • Order Sessilia
  • Subclass Tantulocarida

  • Family Deoterthridae (no order)
  • Subclass Branchiura

  • Order Arguloida
  • Order † Cyclida
  • Subclass Pentastomida

  • Order Cephalobaenida
  • Order Porocephalida
  • Order Raillietiellida
  • Order Reighardiida
  • Subclass Mystacocarida

  • Order Mystacocaridida
  • Subclass Copepoda

  • Order Calanoida
  • Order Cyclopoida
  • Order Gelyelloida
  • Order Harpacticoida
  • Order Misophrioida
  • Order Monstrilloida
  • Order Mormonilloida
  • Order Platycopioida
  • Order Poecilostomatoida
  • Order Siphonostomatoida
  • Subclass Myodocopa

  • Order Myodocopida
  • Order Halocyprida
  • Subclass Podocopa

  • Order Platycopida
  • Order Podocopida
  • Subclass Eumalacostraca

  • Superorder Syncarida
  • Order Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
  • Order Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
  • Order Palaeocaridacea
  • Superorder Peracarida
  • Order Amphipoda
  • Order Cumacea
  • Order Isopoda
  • Order Lophogastrida
  • Order Mictacea
  • Order †Pygocephalomorpha
  • Order Spelaeogriphacea
  • Order Stygiomysida
  • Order Tanaidacea
  • Order Thermosbaenacea
  • Superorder Eucarida
  • Order Amphipoda
  • Order Cumacea
  • Order Isopoda
  • Order Lophogastrida
  • Order Mictacea
  • Order Mysida
  • Order †Pygocephalomorpha
  • Order Spelaeogriphacea
  • Order Stygiomysida
  • Order Tanaidacea
  • Order Thermosbaenacea
  • Subclass Hoplocarida

  • Order Stomatopoda
  • Order Aeschronectida †
  • Order Palaeostomatopoda †
  • Subclass Phyllocarida

  • Order Leptostraca
  • Order Hymenostraca †
  • Order Archaeostraca †
  • Class Trilobite †

  • Order Agnostida †
  • Order Asaphida †
  • Order Corynexochida †
  • Order Harpetida †
  • Order Nectaspida †
  • Order Redlichiida †
  • Order Lichida †
  • Order Phacopida †
  • Order Proetida †
  • Order Ptychopariida †
  • Class Megacheira †

  • Order Leanchoilia †
  • Order Pectocaridida †
  • Class Merostomoidea †

  • Order Limulavida †
  • Order Emeraldellida †
  • Class Marrellomorph †

  • Order Marrellida †
  • Class Dinocaridida

  • Order †Radiodonta
  • Order †Anomalocarididae (?)
  • Order †Anomalocarididae
  • Order †Opabiniidae
  • Order †Opabiniidae (?)
  • References

    List of arthropod orders Wikipedia