Order Pantopoda Gerstaecker 1863 (sea spider)
Parent taxon: Pycnogonida according to R. Sabroux et al. 2023
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Sabroux et al. 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austrodecus, Cambropycnogon, Flagellopantopus, Haliestes, Palaeoisopoda, Palaeoisopodidae, Palaeomarachne, Palaeopantopoda, Palaeothea, Pentapantopus
Subtaxa: Ammotheidae Ascorhynchidae Austrodecidae Callipallenidae Colossendeidae Endeidae Nymphonidae Palaeopycnogonididae Pallenopsidae Phoxichilidiidae Pycnogonidae Rhynchothoracidae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore