Class Branchiopoda Latreille 1817 (branchiopod)
Parent taxon: Crustacea according to J. W. Martin and G. E. Davis 2001
Sister taxa: Apudites, Bradoriamorphes, Canadaspidida, Cephalocarida, Cirripedia, Copepoda, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Nuculina, Oelandocaris, Ostracoda, Protocaridida, Remipedia, Waptiida
Subtaxa: Gilsonicaris, Limnadioidea, Phyllopoda, Sarsostraca
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore