| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda - Arthropods |
| subphylum | Crustacea BrĂ¼nnich, 1772 - Crustaceans |
| class | Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 |
| subclass | Phyllopoda Preuss, 1951 |
| order | Notostraca Sars, 1867 |
| family | Triopsidae |
| genus | Lepidurus Leach, 1819 |
| species | Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tadpole Shrimp |