Tanaidacea

Tanaidacea
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent
Tanaissus lilljeborgi
(a tanaid from the North Sea)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Tanaidacea
Dana, 1849
Suborders

The crustacean order Tanaidacea (known as tanaids) make up a minor group within the class Malacostraca. There are about 940 species in this order.