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
                 1 Superfamily Eryonoidea De Haan, 1841
                 2 Superfamily Palinuroidea Latreille, 1802 see Infraorder Achelata Scholtz & Richter, 1995