Systematic Position:
Kingdom: Animalia
Sub-kingdom: Eumetazoa
Super-phylum: Ecdysosoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Sub-phylum: Crustacea
Class 4 : Maxillopoda
Maxillopoda (Cyclops) Wikipedia
Maxillopoda Characteristics
Ø Usually small arthropods
Ø The smallest arthropod, Stygotantulus stocki belongs to the class Maxillopoda
Ø Abdomen highly reduced
Ø Usually abdomen lack any appendages
Ø Feed with maxillae
Ø Body divided into cephalic, thoracic and abdominal segments
Ø 5 cephalic segments, 6 thoracic segments and 4 abdominal segments
Ø Telson present
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