Eucarida

Eucarida
Meganyctiphanes norvegica, northern krill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Calman, 1904 [1]
Orders

Eucarida is a superorder of the Malacostraca, a class of the crustacean subphylum, comprising the decapods, krill, and Angustidontida.[2] They are characterised by having the carapace fused to all thoracic segments, and by the possession of stalked eyes.[3]

  1. ^ "Eucarida Calman, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Eucarida". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  3. ^ L. A. Borradaile; F. A. Potts; L. E. S. Eastman & J. T. Saunders (1961). "The Class Crustacea". In Gerald A. Kerkut (ed.). The Invertebrata (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 340–419.

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