Class Maxillopoda Dahl 1956 (crustacean)
Parent taxon: Crustacea according to J. W. Martin and G. E. Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Apudites, Bradoriamorphes, Branchiopoda, Canadaspidida, Cephalocarida, Cirripedia, Copepoda, Malacostraca, Nuculina, Oelandocaris, Ostracoda, Protocaridida, Remipedia, Waptiida
Subtaxa: Branchiura, Mystacocaridida, Pentastomida, Tantulocarida, Thecostraca
Ecology: