| Xenocarida | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| (unranked): |
Xenocarida Regier et al., 2010 |
| Classes | |
Xenocarida (from the Greek for strange shrimp) is a clade inside the subphylum Crustacea that comprises two classes that were discovered in the 20th century: Remipedia and Cephalocarida. Xenocarida is thought to be the sister clade to Hexapoda.