Syncarida

Syncarida is a superorder of crustaceans, comprising the two extant orders Anaspidacea and Bathynellacea,^[1][2] and the extinct order Palaeocaridacea.^[3]

Syncarida
Koonunga cursor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Subclass:	Eumalacostraca
Superorder:	Syncarida Packard, 1885
Orders
Anaspidacea Calman, 1904 Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915 †Palaeocaridacea Brooks. 1979

Taxonomy

Fifty-nine living genera are known, in six families:^[4]

Anaspidacea Calman, 1904

• Anaspidesidae Ahyong & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2017
• Koonungidae Sayce, 1908
• Psammaspididae Schminke, 1974
• Stygocarididae Noodt, 1963

Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915

• Bathynellidae Grobben, 1904
• Parabathynellidae Noodt, 1965

Anaspides in an alpine pool