Class Copepoda Milne-Edwards,Milne-Edwards 1840 (copepod)
Parent taxon: Crustacea according to W. Kiessling 2003
Sister taxa: Apudites, Bradoriamorphes, Branchiopoda, Canadaspidida, Cephalocarida, Cirripedia, Malacostraca, Maxillopoda, Nuculina, Oelandocaris, Ostracoda, Protocaridida, Remipedia, Waptiida
Subtaxa: Cletocamptus, Kabatarina, Neocopepoda, Progymnoplea
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