Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  
 Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
    
 Subphylum Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
      
 Class Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810 - pycnogonids
        
 Order Pantopoda Gerstaecker, 1863
          
 Suborder Eupantopodida Fry, 1978
            
 1 Superfamily Colossendeidoidea Hoek, 1881 [monotypic]
            
 2 Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea Hoek, 1881
            
 3 Superfamily Nymphonoidea Wilson, 1878
            
 4 Superfamily Phoxichilidoidea Sars, 1891
            
 5 Superfamily Pycnogonoidea Wilson, 1878 [monotypic]
            
 6 Superfamily Rhynchothoracoidea Thompson, 1909 [monotypic]