Tanaidacea

Tanaidacea Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tanaissus lilljeborgi (a tanaid from the North Sea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Superorder:	Peracarida
Order:	Tanaidacea Dana, 1849
Suborders
Anthracocaridomorpha † Apseudomorpha Tanaidomorpha

The crustacean order Tanaidacea (known as tanaids) make up a minor group within the class Malacostraca. There are about 940 species in this order.