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| Crustacea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phyllopoda (daphnia) |
Copepoda (cyclops) |
Malacostraca (Higer Crustaceans) |
Brachiura | Ostracoda (seed shrimp) |
Amphipoda | |||||||||||||||||
| Decapoda (10 feet) |
Conchostraca (clam shrimp) |
Anostraca (fairy shrimp) (brine shrimp) |
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| Brachyura (true crabs) |
Anomura (hermit crabs) |
Natantia (shrimps) |
Reptania (spiny lobsters) |
Astacura | ||||||||||||||||||
| Potamonidae (freshwater crabs) |
Atyidae (Freshwater Only) 15 Genera 160 Species |
Palaemonidae Macrobrachium Baltic Sea Shrimp |
Homaridae (lobsters) |
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| Grapsidae (mangrove dwellers) |
Astacidae (Old World River crayfish) |
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| Ocypodidae (fiddler crabs) |
Caridina | Neocaridina | Palaeomonetes | Macrobrachium | Cambaridae (New World River Crayfish) |
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| Gecarcinidae (true land crabs) |
Atyopsis | Atyidae | Parastacidae (S. Hemisphere Crayfish) |
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| Atya | Austroastacidae (Australian Crayfish) |
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