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Pleocyemata

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordines: Achelata - Anomura - Astacidea - Axiidea - Brachyura - Caridea - Gebiidea - Glypheidea - Polychelida - Stenopodidea
[list of infraordines after De Grave et al. (2009)]

NamePleocyemata

References

cited sources

* De Grave, S. et al. 2009: A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (21) PDF


additional references

* Burkenroad, M. D. 1963: The evolution of the Eucarida (Crustacea, Eumalacostraca) in relation to the fossil record. Tulane studies in geology, 2: 3–16.

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