The Hexanauplia is a clade proposed by Oakley et al. (2013) that constitutes a class of crustaceans, comprising the Copepoda and Thecostraca.[1][2] A number of recent phylogenomic studies have not found support for this clade,[3][4][5] with some supporting the alternative clade of Communostraca comprising Thecostraca and Malacostraca.[4][5]
Hexanauplia | |
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Calanoida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | Pancrustacea |
Superclass: | Multicrustacea |
Class: | Hexanauplia Oakley, T.H., J.M. Wolfe, A.R. Lindgren & A.K. Zaharoff, 2013 |
Subclasses | |
This taxon is no longer accepted according to the World Register of Marine Species (May, 2022).[6] Copepoda and Thecostraca are now treated as classes in Superclass Multicrustacea, along with classes Malacostraca and Tantulocarida.[7]