PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

Subphylum Trilobitomorpha

   Class Trilobita - Trilobites

Subphylum Chelicerata

   Class Merostomata - horseshoe crabs

   Class Pycnogonida (or Pantopoda) - sea spiders

   Class Arachnida - scorpions, spiders, daddy longlegs, mites, ticks

Subphylum Crustacea

    Class Branchiopoda - brine shrimp & water fleas

    Class Ostracoda - ostracods

    Class Maxillopoda - copepods & barnacles

    Class Malacostraca

      Order Isopoda - isopods

      Order Euphausiacea - krill

      Order Stomatopoda - stomatopods

      Order Decapoda - crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crayfish

Subphylum Uniramia

  Class Insecta - insects

      Order Hemiptera - true bugs, water boatmen

      Order Homoptera - cicadas, aphids, leafhoppers

      Order Diptera - true flies, gnats, flies, mosquitoes, no-see-ums

      Order Siphonaptera - fleas

      Order Trichoptera - caddisflies

      Order Lepidoptera - moths, butterflies

      Order Hymenoptera - ants, bees, wasps

      Order Coleoptera - beetles

      Order Orthoptera - crickets, grasshoppers

      Order Odonata - damselflies, dragonflies

      Order Plecoptera - stoneflies

      Order Ephemeroptera - mayflies

      Order Isoptera - termites

      Order Neuroptera - dobson flies, lacewings, ant lions

      Order Dermaptera - earwigs

      Order Thysanura - silverfish

      Order Mecoptera - scorpion flies

  Class Chilopoda - centipedes

  Class Diplopoda - millipedes