Overview
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A Subclass in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Subclass Branchiura is a member of the Class Maxillopoda. Here is the complete "parentage" of Branchiura:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha
(Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass: Crustacea
(krus-TA-see-a)
Pennant, 1777
- Class: Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
- Subclass: Branchiura Thorell, 1864 - Branchiurans
- Class: Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
- Superclass: Crustacea
(krus-TA-see-a)
Pennant, 1777
- Infraphylum: Crustaceomorpha
(Chernyshev, 1960)
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subclass Branchiura is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Order (1): Arguloida
Orders
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Arguloida
The family Argulidae contains the carp lice or fish lice ? a group of parasitic crustaceans of uncertain position within the Maxillopoda. Although they are thought to be forms, they have no fossil record. Argulidae is the only family in the order Arguloida (occasionally "Arguloidea"), although a second family, Dipteropeltidae, has been proposed. [more]
At least 55 species and subspecies belong to the Order Arguloida.
More info about the Order Arguloida may be found here.
Sources
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