Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 - crustaceans see Superclass Crustacea Pennant, 1777
     Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
       Subclass Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
         Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
           Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802 - decapods
             Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
               Infraorder Palinura Latreille, 1802 - palinurid, spiny, and Spanish lobsters see Infraorder Achelata Scholtz & Richter, 1995
                 Superfamily Palinuroidea Latreille, 1802 see Infraorder Achelata Scholtz & Richter, 1995
                   1 Family Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 - palinurid lobsters
                   2 Family Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825
                   3 Family Synaxidae C.S. Bate, 1881 see Family Palinuridae Latreille, 1802