Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Branchiopoda

Current position

Diplostraca (Subclass) Gerstaecker, 1866

Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990

Alternative positions

Branchiopoda (Class) Latreille, 1817	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Diplostraca (Superorder) Gerstaecker, 1866	Ref: D. Belk, 1982: 175.
Entomostraca (Subclass)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 224.

Historical positions

Branchiopoda (Class) Latreille, 1817	Ref: G. Boxshall, 2001: 243.
Crustacea (Subphylum) Brünnich, 1772	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995 [inferred name] [indirect]
Branchiopoda (Class) Latreille, 1817	Ref: 1995
Branchiopoda (Class) Latreille, 1817	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Branchiopoda (Class) Latreille, 1817	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Diplostraca (Superorder) Gerstaecker, 1866	Ref: D. Belk, 1982: 175, 177.
Entomostraca (Subclass)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 224.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	2so9f[>53g]400s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~400s
1982	D. Belk: 177	2so9f[>53g]400s