Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Malacostraca

Original entries

Valfifera (Suborder) nom. null.

Current position

Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904

Ref: J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis, 2001: 69.

Alternative positions

Arthrostraca (Branch)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446.
Malacostraca (Class) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 201.

Historical positions

Malacostraca (Class) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.J. Sepkoski Jr., 2002: 201.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis, 2001: 37-38, 69.
Crustacea (Phylum) (Brünnich, 1772)	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 316.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: 1995
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: B. Kensley & M. Schotte, 1989: 13-15.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: G.A. Schultz, 1982: 249-250.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 561.
Peracarida (Superorder) Calman, 1904	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Arthrostraca (Branch)	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 446.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	119f;1439g;290s;20ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[119f;1439g]
1995-present	M. Schotte et al.: 11 Mar 2008	[119f;1435g]
1995-present	M. Schotte et al.: 11 Mar 2008	[119f;1435g]
2001	J.W. Martin & G.E. Davis	[9so;120f]
2001a	J. Just	>4000s
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	>4,000s
1982	G.A. Schultz	9so;[100f];[>]10,000s
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	~4,000s