Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
Maxillopoda is a diverse class of crustaceans including barnacles, copepods and a number of related animals. It does not appear to be a monophyletic group, and no single character unites all the members
[ ].
With the exception of some barnacles, maxillopodans are mostly small
[ ], including the smallest known arthropod,
Stygotantulus stocki . They often have short bodies, with the paedomorphosis
.
Apart from barnacles, which use their legs for segments, 6 thoracic segments and 4 abdominal segments, followed by a telson
[ ].
The tongue worms
[ ] known from that period.
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