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

Cephalocarida Sanders, 1955

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brachypoda Birshteyn, 1960

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: horseshoe shrimps
 Japanese: カシラエビ綱

Literature

original description

Sanders, H.L. (1955). The Cephalocarida, a new subclass of Crustacea from Long Island Sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 41: 61-66.

basis of record

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cephalocarida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150314

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2022-09-02 by Geoff Boxshall

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