Crustacea

Taxonavigation Kingdom: Animalia Sub Kingdom: Eumetazoa Super Phylum: Protostomia Phylum: Arthropoda Sub Phylum: Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda - Cephalocarida - Malacostraca - Maxillopoda - Ostracoda - Remipedia

Classification

The sub-phylum Crustacea is divided into six classes:

• Branchiopoda - including brine shrimp (Artemia) and Triops (Notostraca)
• Cephalocarida - horseshoe shrimp
• Malacostraca - largest class, with the largest and most familiar animals, such as crabs, lobsters, shrimp, krill and woodlice.
• Maxillopoda - including barnacles and copepods.
• Ostracoda - small animals with bivalve shells
• Remipedia - a small class restricted to deep caves connected to salt water, called anchialine caves.

Gallery

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  Lysmata debelius
  Blood Shrimp
  Class: Malacostraca
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  Tesseropora rosea
  Rose-Coloured Barnacle
  Class: Maxillopoda
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  Unknown species
  Ostracod
  Class: Ostracoda

Resources

• Crustaceans of southern Australia - Museum of Victoria
• wikipedia:Crustacea
• Journal of Crustacean Biology