Systematic Position
Kingdom: Animalia
Sub-kingdom: Eumetazoa
Super-phylum: Ecdysosoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Sub-phylum: Crustacea
Class 2 : Remipedia
Remipedia (Speleonectes) (Wikipedia)
Remipedia Characteristics
Ø Commonly called as blind crustaceans
Ø Live in dark environments
Ø Slow moving creatures
Ø Primitive body plan
Ø Body is divided into head and trunk
Ø Trunk with up to 42 body segments
Ø Swimming appendages lateral on the body segments
Ø Bears fangs connected with venom glands
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