List of arthropod orders

Wolf spider carrying its young in its egg sac.

Marrella, one of the puzzling arthropods from the Burgess Shale

Arthropods are invertebrate animals with a chitinous exoskeleton, segmented bodies, and jointed legs. The phylum Arthropoda contains numerous taxonomic orders in over 20 classes.
Subphylum Hexapoda
Class Insecta
Head of a wasp with three ocelli (centre), and compound eyes at the left and right

A pair of Simosyrphus grandicornis hoverflies mating in flight.

- Order Blattodea – 3,684–4,000
- Order Coleoptera – 360,000–400,000
- Order Dermaptera – 1,816
- Order Diptera – 152,956
- Order Embioptera – 200–300
- Order Hemiptera – 50,000–80,000
- Order Hymenoptera – 115,000
- Order Lepidoptera – 174,250
- Order Mantodea – 2,200
- Order Mecoptera – 481
- Order Megaloptera – 250–300
- Order Neuroptera – 5,000
- Order Notoptera – 30
- Order Orthoptera – 24,380
- Order Phasmatodea – 2,500–3,300
- Order Phthiraptera – 3,000–3,200
- Order Plecoptera – 2,274
- Order Psocoptera – 5,500
- Order Raphidioptera – 210
- Order Siphonaptera – 2,525
- Order Strepsiptera – 596
- Order Thysanoptera – 5,000
- Order Trichoptera – 12,627
- Order Zoraptera – 28
Class Entognatha
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Proturan specimen (Acerentomon sp.)
- Order Collembola
- Order Diplura
- Order †Monura
- Order Protura
Subphylum Chelicerata
Class Arachnida
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Araneus diadematus spider
- Order Acarina
- Order Amblypygi
- Order Araneae
- Order †Haptopoda
- Order Opiliones
- Order Palpigradi
- Order †Phalangiotarbida
- Order Pseudoscorpionida
- Order Ricinulei
- Order Schizomida
- Order Scorpiones
- Order Solifugae
- Order Thelyphonida
- Order †Trigonotarbida
Class Merostomata

220px Reconstructed Eurypterus
- Order †Eurypterida
- Order Xiphosura
See also: List of xiphosuran genera
Class Pycnogonida Sea spiders

Pycnogonida
- Order Pantopoda
Class Yunnanata †
- Order Fuxianhuiida
Subphylum Myriapods

A representative millipede and centipede (not necessarily to scale)

Ammodesmus nimba from Guinea, West Africa, curled in a defensive coil
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
- Order Scutigeromorpha
- Order Lithobiomorpha
- Order Craterostigmomorpha
- Order Scolopendromorpha
- Order Geophilomorpha
Class Diplopoda (Millipede)
Subclass Penicillata
- Order Polyxenida
Subclass †Arthropleuridea
- Order †Arthropleurida
- Order †Eoarthropleurida
- Order †Microdecemplicida
Subclass Chilognatha
- Order †Zosterogrammida [1]
- Infraclass Pentazonia
- Order †Amynilyspedida
- Superorder Limacomorpha
- Order Glomeridesmida
- Superorder Oniscomorpha
- Order Glomerida
- Order Sphaerotheriida
- Superorder †Archipolypoda
- Order †Archidesmida
- Order †Cowiedesmida
- Order †Euphoberiida
- Order †Palaeosomatida
- Order †Pleurojulida
- Order Platydesmida
- Order Polyzoniida
- Order Siphonocryptida
- Order Siphonophorida
- Superorder Juliformia
- Order Julida
- Order Spirobolida
- Order Spirostreptida
- Superfamily Xyloiuloidea † (Sometimes aligned with Spirobolida)[2]
- Superorder Nematophora
- Order Callipodida
- Order Chordeumatida
- Order Stemmiulida
- Order Siphoniulida
- Order Polydesmida
Class Pauropoda
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A pauropod
- Order Pauropodina
Class Symphyla
No known order, 200 species in 2 families.
Class Arthropleuridea (extinct)
- Order Arthropleurida
- Order Eoarthropleurida
- Order Microdecemplicida
Subphylum Crustaceans
Class Branchiopoda

Branchiopods
- Order Anostraca
- Order Cyclestherida
- Order Cladocera
- Order Notostraca
Class Remipedia
- Enantiopoda †
- Nectiopoda
Class Cephalocarida
- Order Bracchypoda
Class Maxillopoda
Subclass Thecostraca
- Order Laurida
- Order Dendrogastrida
- Order Pygophora
- Order Apygophora
- Order Kentrogonida
- Order Akentrogonida
- Order Pedunculata
- Order Sessilia
Subclass Tantulocarida
- Family Deoterthridae (no order)
Subclass Branchiura
Subclass Pentastomida

Adult female Linguatula serrata
- Order Cephalobaenida
- Order Porocephalida
- Order Raillietiellida
- Order Reighardiida
Subclass Mystacocarida
- Order Mystacocaridida
Subclass Copepoda
- Order Calanoida
- Order Cyclopoida
- Order Gelyelloida
- Order Harpacticoida
- Order Misophrioida
- Order Monstrilloida
- Order Mormonilloida
- Order Platycopioida
- Order Poecilostomatoida
- Order Siphonostomatoida
Class Ostracoda
Ostracod
Subclass Myodocopa
- Order Myodocopida
- Order Halocyprida
Subclass Podocopa
- Order Platycopida
- Order Podocopida
Class Malacostraca

Syncarid Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus

Hoplocarid

Nebalia bipes Phyllocarid
See also: List of prehistoric malacostracans
Subclass Eumalacostraca
- Superorder Syncarida
- Order Anaspidacea Calman, 1904
- Order Bathynellacea Chappuis, 1915
- Order Palaeocaridacea
- Superorder Peracarida
- Order Amphipoda
- Order Cumacea
- Order Isopoda
- Order Lophogastrida
- Order Mictacea
- Order †Pygocephalomorpha
- Order Spelaeogriphacea
- Order Stygiomysida
- Order Tanaidacea
- Order Thermosbaenacea
- Superorder Eucarida
- Order Amphipoda
- Order Cumacea
- Order Isopoda
- Order Lophogastrida
- Order Mictacea
- Order Mysida
- Order †Pygocephalomorpha
- Order Spelaeogriphacea
- Order Stygiomysida
- Order Tanaidacea
- Order Thermosbaenacea
Subclass Hoplocarida
- Order Stomatopoda
- Order Aeschronectida †
- Order Palaeostomatopoda †
Subclass Phyllocarida
- Order Leptostraca
- Order Hymenostraca †
- Order Archaeostraca †
Class Trilobite †
See also: List of trilobite genera

Paradoxides
- Order Agnostida †
- Order Asaphida †
- Order Corynexochida †
- Order Harpetida †
- Order Nectaspida †
- Order Redlichiida †
- Order Lichida †
- Order Phacopida †
- Order Proetida †
- Order Ptychopariida †
Class Megacheira †

Reconstructed Leanchoilia
- Order Leanchoilia †
- Order Pectocaridida †
Class Merostomoidea †
- Order Limulavida †
- Order Emeraldellida †
Class Marrellomorph †
- Order Marrellida †
Class Dinocaridida
- Order †Radiodonta
- Order †Anomalocarididae (?)
- Order †Anomalocarididae
- Order †Opabiniidae
- Order †Opabiniidae (?)
References
- ↑ Shear, William A.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2010). "The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda". Arthropod Structure & Development. 39 (2–3): 174–190. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.11.002. PMID 19944188.
- ↑ Hoffman, R.L. (1963). "New genera and species of Upper Paleozoic Diplopoda". Journal of Paleontology. 37 (1): 167–174. JSTOR 1301419.
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