Evolution & Systematics
The taxonomic hierarchy is shown below with references to who and when the classification was found.
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Bilateria
Infrakingdom: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea (Brünnich,1772)
Class: Malacostraca (Latreille, 1802)
Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Grobben, 1892)
Superorder: Eucarida (Calman, 1904)
Order: Decapoda (Latreille, 1802)
Suborder: Pleocyemata (Burkenroad, 1963)
Infraorder: Brachyura (Latreille, 1802)
Superfamily: Xanthoidea (MacLeay, 1838)
Family: Xanthidae (MacLeay, 1838)
Genus: Atergatis (DeHaan, 1833)
Species: Atergatis floridus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Itis.gov, 2014)
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