Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 - crustaceans see Superclass Crustacea Pennant, 1777
     Class Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 - branchiopods
       Subclass Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969
         Order Anostraca Sars, 1867 - brine shrimps
           1 Family Artemiidae Grochowski, 1896
           2 Family Branchinectidae Daday, 1910
           3 Family Branchipodidae Simon, 1886
           4 Family Chirocephalidae Daday, 1910
           5 Family Polyartemiidae Simon, 1886
           6 Family Streptocephalidae Daday, 1910
           7 Family Thamnocephalidae Simon, 1886