Stomatopod Taxonomy
Classification of the Stomatopods
Phylum, Subphylum, or Superclass
Crustacea
- Aquatic with gills; body with dorsal
carapace;telson at posterior end.
Class Malacostraca
- Heavily calcified external skeleton; two
pairs of well-developed antennae; 8 segments in thorax,
each with a pair of appendages; 6-7 segments in abdomen.
Subclass Hoplocarida Calman, 1904
- Short carapace covering only a part of the
thorax; second pair of thoracic limbs are greatly
enlarged; broad, well-developed abdomen.
