California Biota Home Page....Animalia


Phylum


Subphylum Trilobitomorpha - [Extinct; represented in California by fossils]

Subphylum Chelicerata

Class Pycnogonida - sea spiders
Class Merostomata - horseshoe crabs [Not represented in California]
Class Arachnida - spiders, scorpions, solifuges, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc.
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Remipedia - [Not represented in California]
Class Cephalocarida  - horseshoe shrimp
Class Branchiopoda - fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, tadpole shrimp, water fleas, etc.
Class Maxillopoda - ostracods, copepods, barnacles
Class Malacostraca - isopods, amphipods, krill, crabs, shrimp, lobster, etc.
Subphylum Uniramia
Superclass Myriapoda
Class Chilopoda - centipedes
Class Diplopoda - millipedes
Class Pauropoda - pauropods
Class Symphyla - garden centipedes
Superclass Hexapoda
Class Protura - proturans
Class Diplura - diplurans
Class Collembola - springtails
Class Insecta - insects