Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda

Current position

Multicrustacea ([unranked])

Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 177. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Crustacea (Subphylum) Brünnich, 1772	Ref: H.W. Levi, 1982: 202.
Maxillopoda (Class) Dahl, 1956	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 3.2.
Vericrustacea ([unranked])	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 177.

Historical positions

Vericrustacea ([unranked])	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken, 2010: 177.
Maxillopoda (Class) Dahl, 1956	Ref: D. Grimaldi & M.S. Engel, 2005: table 3.2.
Maxillopoda (Class) Dahl, 1956	Ref: J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis, 2001: 25-26, 60.
Crustacea (Phylum) (Brünnich, 1772)	Ref: G. Boxshall, 2001: 252-253.
Maxillopoda (Class) Dahl, 1956	Ref: F.R. Schram et al., 1997: abstract. [inferred rank]
Maxillopoda (Class) Dahl, 1956	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Crustacea (Subphylum) Brünnich, 1772	Ref: H.W. Levi, 1982: 202.
Crustacea (Class) Brünnich, 1772	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 560.
Crustacea (Class) Brünnich, 1772	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10o;241f;2082g;582s;33ss; ‡2s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[10o;241f;2082g; †1g]
2001	J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis	[2ic;10o;220f]
1982	H.W. Levi	6[5]o;[100f]
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~4500s