Syncarida

Updated on Sep 25, 2024

Edit

Comment

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Superorder Syncarida; Packard, 1885		Subphylum Crustacea Rank Superorder Subclass Eumalacostraca

Similar Bathynellacea, Anaspidacea, Thermosbaenacea, Leptostraca, Phyllocarida

Syncarida working out at the gym

Syncarida is a superorder of crustaceans, comprising the two extant orders Anaspidacea and Bathynellacea, and the extinct order Palaeocaridacea. Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families:

Anaspidacea Calman, 1904

Anaspididae Thomson, 1893

Koonungidae Sayce, 1908

Psammaspididae Schminke, 1974

Stygocarididae Noodt, 1963

Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915

Bathynellidae Grobben, 1904

Parabathynellidae Noodt, 1965

References

Syncarida Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA