Hoplocarida

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Hoplocarida
Odontodactylus scyllarus3.jpg
Odontodactylus scyllarus
(Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Hoplocarida
Calman, 1904
Orders

Hoplocarida is a subclass of crustaceans. The only extant members are the mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda), but two other orders existed in the Palaeozoic: Aeschronectida and .[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Ronald A. Jenner, Cees H. J. Hof & Frederick R. Schram (1998). "Palaeo- and archaeostomatopods (Hoplocarida: Crustacea) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Mississippian (Namurian), of central Montana". Contributions to Zoology. 67 (3): 155–186. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-01-20.


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