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Syncarida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Superorder
  
Syncarida; Packard, 1885

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Rank
  
Superorder

Subclass
  
Eumalacostraca

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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
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