Taxonomy of Shellfish

Unit 2 - Sub-phylum Crustacea

2.2. Classification of Crustacea

The class Crustacea includes 30,000 mostly marine species. It is grouped into 8 sub-classes as follows

1. Cephalocarida
2. Branchiopoda
3. Ostracoda
4. Mystacocarida
5. Copepoda
6. Branchiura
7. Cirripedia
8. Malacostraca