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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea)

Subphylum Crustacea - Crustaceans

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Longtail Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) - Triops longicaudatus European Sowbug - Oniscus asellus Mexiweckelia hardeni Holsinger - Mexiweckelia hardeni Mangrove tree crab? - Aratus pisonii Sapphirina - male Northern crayfish - Orconectes virilis Nonbug (Order Cladocera?) - Simocephalus Pregnant tanaid: Zeuxo sp.? - Synaptotanais notabilis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Explanation of Names
Crustacea Brünnich 1772
Numbers
>70,000 spp. worldwide
Remarks
a version of classification in (1)
Works Cited
1.An updated classification of the Recent Crustacea
Martin J.W., Davis G.E. 2001. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 39: vi + 124 pp.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 November, 2009 - 10:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Blocky
Last updated 6 September, 2021 - 1:10am

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