Taxonomy
Cumaceans belong to the superorder Peracarida, within the class Malacostraca. The order Cumacea is subdivided into 8 families, 141 genera, and 1,523 species:
- Bodotriidae (379 species in 36 genera)
- Ceratocumatidae (10 species in 2 genera)
- Diastylidae (318 species in 22 genera)
- Gynodiastylidae (106 species in 12 genera)
- Lampropidae (114 species in 15 genera)
- Leuconidae (139 species in 16 genera)
- Nannastacidae (426 species in 25 genera)
- Pseudocumatidae (30 species in 12 genera)
One species is also placed incertae sedis in the order.
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