Syncarida
Superorder of crustaceans
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Syncarida is a superorder of crustaceans, comprising the two extant orders Anaspidacea and Bathynellacea,[1][2] and the extinct order Palaeocaridacea.[3]
| Syncarida | |
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| Koonunga cursor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Subclass: | Eumalacostraca |
| Superorder: | Syncarida Packard, 1885 |
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Taxonomy
Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families:[4]
- Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
- Anaspidesidae Ahyong & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2017
- Koonungidae Sayce, 1908
- Psammaspididae Schminke, 1974
- Stygocarididae Noodt, 1963
- Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
- Bathynellidae Grobben, 1904
- Parabathynellidae Noodt, 1965
