Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea

Multicrustacea Regier, Shultz, Zwick, Hussey, Ball, Wetzer, Martin & Cunningham, 2010

Rank: Superclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superclass group names

Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840 taxonomically included in
Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 taxonomically included in
Tantulocarida Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983 taxonomically included in
Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905 taxonomically included in

Children

Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
Tantulocarida Boxshall & Lincoln, 1983
Thecostraca Gruvel, 1905

Literature

original description

Regier, J.C., J.W. Shultz, A. Zwick, A.B. Hussey, B. Ball, R. Wetzer, J.W. Martin & C.W. Cunningham. (2010). Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature. 463(7284): 1079-1083.

additional source

Bernot, J.P., C.L. Owen, J.M. Wolfe, K. Meland, J. Olesen & K.A. Crandall. (2023). Major Revisions in Pancrustacean Phylogeny and Evidence of Sensitivity to Taxon Sampling. Molecular Biology And Evolution. 40(8):1-22. Aug 2023.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Multicrustacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=845959

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2015-05-05 by Geoff Boxshall

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