Systematics of Arthropods

Kingdom Animalia (Tiere, Animals) ➔ Subkingdom Eumetazoa (Gewebetiere) ➔ Phylum Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer, Arthropods)

1. Subphylum Chelicerata (Fühlerlose, Kieferklauenträger, Chelicerates)
1.1 Class Arachnida (Spinnentiere, Arachnids)
1.2 Class Pycnogonida (Asselspinnen, Sea spiders)
2. Subphylum Crustacea (Krebse, Crustaceans)
2.1 Class Branchiopoda (Blattfußkrebse, Kiemenfußkrebse, Branchiopods)
  • Order Anostraca (Feenkrebse, Handköpfchen, Brine shrimp)
  • Order Diplostraca
  • Order Notostraca (Rückenschaler, Tadpole shrimps)
2.2 Class Cephalocarida (Cephalocarida, Horseshoe shrimp)
  • Order Brachypoda
2.3 Class Malacostraca (Höhere Krebse, Malacostracans)
2.4 Class Maxillopoda (Maxillopoda, Maxillopoda)
  • Order Arguloida
  • Order Calanoida
  • Order Cephalobaenida
  • Order Cyclopoida
  • Order Gelyelloida
  • Order Harpacticoida
  • Order Poecilostomatoida
  • Order Porocephalida
  • Order Siphonostomatoida
2.5 Class Ostracoda (Muschelkrebse, Seed shrimp)
  • Order Podocopida
2.6 Class Remipedia (Remipedia, Blind crustaceans)
  • Order Nectiopoda
3. Subphylum Hexapoda (Sechsfüßer, Hexapods)
3.1 Class Entognatha (Sackkiefler, Entognatha)
3.2 Class Insecta (Insekten, Insects)
4. Subphylum Myriapoda (Tausendfüßer, Myriapods)
4.1 Class Chilopoda (Hundertfüßer, Centipedes)
4.2 Class Diplopoda (Doppelfüßer, Millipedes, thousand-leggers)
4.3 Class Pauropoda (Wenigfüßer, Pauropods)
  • Order Tetamerocerata
4.4 Class Symphyla (Zwergfüßer, Garden centipedes, glasshouse symphylans)
  • Order - (Fam.: Scolopendrellidae, Scutigerellidae)

* Not in Europe

(Note: On this page only extant taxa are listed. The arthropods also include the extinct trilobites.)


References
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6. Web Service available online at http://www.faunaeur.org
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod
  3. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematik_der_vielzelligen_Tiere
  4. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematik_der_Gliederfüßer