Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904

Ref: J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis, 2001: 66.

Alternative positions

Arthrostraca (Branch)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446.
Malacostraca (Class) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 202.

Historical positions

Malacostraca (Class) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 202.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis, 2001: 35-36, 66.
Crustacea (Phylum) (Brünnich, 1772)	Ref: D. Bellan-Santini & M.J. Costello, 2001: 296.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: 1995
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: E.L. Bousfield, 1982: 254-255.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 561.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Arthrostraca (Branch)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	193f;1604g;316s;10ss; ‡2s; †5g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[193f;1604g]
2001	J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis	[4so;155f]
2000		71s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	~6,000s
1982	E.L. Bousfield	4so;[120f;1024g];<6000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~4,600s