Crustaceomorpha
| Crustaceomorpha Temporal range: Cambrian to Recent |
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| Nebalia bipes, a leptostracan crustacean | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
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Crustaceomorpha Chernyshev, 1960 |
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Crustaceomorpha is a proposed clade of arthropods that includes crustaceans and numerous extinct groups. Synapomorphies for the clade are that the larval antenna is a feeding or locomotory organ, and there are six endopodal podomeres in post-antennal limbs.
Extinct groups included in Crustaceomorpha vary considerably. It includes Agnostida (usually treated under Trilobita), Waptiida, Isoxyida, , and Bradoriida, among others. These primitive crustaceomorphs are grouped under Pseudocrustacea.
The validity of Crustaceomorpha is controversial. It has more support among paleontologists who consider it a sister group to Arachnomorpha, which includes trilobites and chelicerates (see cladogram below). Both are grouped under Schizoramia, a clade of arthropods with biramous appendages. In contrast, neontologists tend to support the Mandibulata clade, which groups members of Crustacea together with Hexapoda and Myriapoda.
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