Paramunnidae (Family)

Overview

The Family Paramunnidae is a member of the Superfamily Janiroidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Paramunnidae:

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: Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
        Superorder: Peracarida Calman, 1904
        Order: Isopoda Latreille, 1817 - a genus of Woodlouse Flies (Rhinophoridae)
        Suborder: Asellota Latreille, 1802
        Superfamily: Janiroidea Sars, 1897
        Family: Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914

The Family Paramunnidae is further organized into finer groupings including:

More info about the Genus Sporonana may be found here.

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