Tantulocarida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Tantulocarida
Familiae (5): Basipodellidae – Deoterthridae – Doryphallophoridae – Microdajidae – Onceroxenidae

Name

Tantulocarida Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983

References

Primary references

• Boxshall, G.A. & Lincoln, R.J. 1983. Tantulocarida, a new class of Crustacea ectoparasitic on other crustaceans. Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.2307/1547849 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Knudsen, S.W.; Kirkegaard, M.; Olesen, J. 2009: The tantulocarid genus Arcticotantalus removed from Basipodellidae into Deoterthridae (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) after the description of a new species from Greenland, with first live photographs and an overview of the class. Zootaxa, 2035: 41–68. PDF

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ταντουλοκαρίδες
English: tantulocaridans
中文: 微虾亚纲