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Eucarida
| Eucarida Temporal range:
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| Meganyctiphanes norvegica, northern krill | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Subclass: | Eumalacostraca |
| Superorder: | Eucarida Calman, 1904 [1] |
| Orders | |
Eucarida is a superorder of the Malacostraca, a class of the crustacean subphylum, comprising the decapods, krill, and Angustidontida.[2] They are characterised by having the carapace fused to all thoracic segments, and by the possession of stalked eyes.[3]
- ^ "Eucarida Calman, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). "Eucarida". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ L. A. Borradaile; F. A. Potts; L. E. S. Eastman & J. T. Saunders (1961). "The Class Crustacea". In Gerald A. Kerkut (ed.). The Invertebrata (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 340–419.
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