Eucarida

Eucarida
Temporal range:
Meganyctiphanes norvegica, northern krill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Calman, 1904 
Orders

Eucarida is a superorder of the Malacostraca, a class of the crustacean subphylum, comprising the decapods, krill, and Angustidontida. They are characterised by having the carapace fused to all thoracic segments, and by the possession of stalked eyes.