Hoplocarida | |
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Fossil of Kallidecthes richardsoni (Aeschronectida: Kallidecthidae) | |
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Odontodactylus scyllarus (Stomatopoda: Odontodactylidae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Subclass: | Hoplocarida Calman, 1904 |
Orders | |
Hoplocarida is a subclass of crustaceans. The only extant members are the mantis shrimp (Stomatopoda), but two other orders existed in the Palaeozoic: Aeschronectida and Palaeostomatopoda.[1]