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Eleutherocaris

Malacostraca - Archaeostraca

Taxonomy
Eleutherocaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Montecaridinae by Brooks et al. (1969); to Archaeostraca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Echinocaridina by Briggs et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Eleutherocaris Brooks et al. p. R319
2002Eleutherocaris Sepkoski
2004Eleutherocaris Briggs et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassPhyllocarida(Packard 1879)
orderArchaeostracaClaus 1888
suborderEchinocaridinaClarke 1900
genusEleutherocaris

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available