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Crustacea  Brünnich, 1772
Taxonomic Serial No.: 83677

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subphylum  
  Synonym(s): Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956
  
  Common Name(s): crustacés [French]
  
    crustáceo [Portuguese]
  
    crustaceans [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
    Direct Children:  
                   Superclass Altocrustacea   
                   Superclass Oligostraca   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Brian Kensley & Marilyn Schotte  
  Notes: National Museum of Natural History   
  Reference for: Crustacea    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca  
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Crustacea    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: crustacés[French]   
       
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: crustáceo[Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bowman, Thomas E., and Lawrence G. Abele / Lawrence G. Abele, ed. / Dorothy E. Bliss, ed.-in-chief  
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 1: Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Biology of Crustacea, vol. 1: Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography   
  Page(s): 1-27   
  Publisher: Academic Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-12-106401-8   
  Notes: Bliss is Editor-in-Chief of "The Biology of Crustacea" series; Abele is editor of volume 1 of that series (Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography); Bowman & Abele authored Chapter 1 therein   
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Joel W. Martin, revisers, in Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 21: Phylum Arthropoda, Crustacea: Crabs, Shrimps, and Their Kin   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 761-841   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Chapter revised by guest contributors Richard C. Brusca and Joel W. Martin   
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Gonzalo Giribet, and Wendy Moore  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 20: Panarthropoda and the Emergence of the Arthropods: Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Fourth Edition   
  Page(s): 607-657   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780197554418   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Gonzalo Giribet, and Wendy Moore  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 21: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Crustacea: Crabs, Shrimps, and Their Kin   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Fourth Edition   
  Page(s): 659-734   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780197554418   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 20: The Emergence of the Arthropods. Tardigrades, Onychophorans, and the Arthropod Body Plan   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 709-760   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Chapter revised by guest contributors Gonzalo Giribet (Onychophora), Reinhardt M. Kristensen (Tardigrada) and Richard C. Brusca (Tardigrada)   
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Crustacea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Although the term Crustacea has been found to be paraphyletic (as it excludes the Hexapoda, which has been found to be derived from within the Altocrustacea), it remains a useful grouping  
 

 

    

 
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