CUMACEA Krøyer, 1846
(cumaceans)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderCUMACEA (cumaceans)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association
() Jones, N.S. 1976 British Cumaceans Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 7, 62pp, The Linnean Society of London
Sars, G.O. 1899 *** An account of the crustacea of Norway - Cumacea ***(Superseded) An account of the crustacea of Norway, Vol 3, 115+122 platespp, Bergen Museum
Shalla, S. 2011 Cumacea: identification guide to British cumaceans 46pp

CUMACEA (cumaceans) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CUMACEA (cumaceans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CUMACEA (cumaceans)
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