Hoplocarida
Appearance
Hoplocarida Temporal range:
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Fossil of Kallidecthes richardsoni (Aeschronectida: Kallidecthidae) | |
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Subclass: | Hoplocarida Calman, 1904 |
Orders | |
Hoplocarida is a subclass of crustaceans. The only extant members are the mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda), but two other orders existed in the Palaeozoic: Aeschronectida and Palaeostomatopoda.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Ronald A. Jenner, Cees H. J. Hof & Frederick R. Schram (1998). "Palaeo- and archaeostomatopods (Hoplocarida: Crustacea) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Mississippian (Namurian), of central Montana". Contributions to Zoology. 67 (3): 155–186. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-01-20.