Biology:Syncarida

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Short description: Superorder of crustaceans

Syncarida
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Koonunga cursor
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Syncarida
Packard, 1885
Orders

Syncarida is a superorder of crustaceans, comprising the two extant orders Anaspidacea and Bathynellacea,[1][2] and the extinct order Palaeocaridacea.[3]

Taxonomy

Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families:[4]

Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
A photo of an Anaspides syncaridan in an alpine pool, viewed from the side showing details of appendages
Anaspides in an alpine pool

References

  1. "Syncarida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=89802. Retrieved August 16, 2007. 
  2. Todd Haney (2004). "Classification". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. http://crustacea.nhm.org/peet/leptostraca/classification.html. Retrieved August 8, 2007. 
  3. A. I. Camacho; A. G. Valdecasas (2008). "Global diversity of syncarids (Syncarida; Crustacea) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. 198. Springer. pp. 257–266. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_28. 
  4. Estela C. Lopretto; Juan J. Morrone (1998). "Anaspidacea, Bathynellacea (Crustacea, Syncarida), generalised tracks, and the biogeographical relationships of South America". Zoologica Scripta 27 (4): 311–318. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00463.x. 

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