Class Branchiopoda - Branchiopods

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Nonbug (Order Cladocera?) - Simocephalus

Fairy shrimp - Eubranchipus serratus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Branchiopoda (Branchiopods)

Explanation of Names

Author: Latreille, 1817

Remarks

keys to higher levels of Branchiopoda useful for our region (1)

Internet References

Tree of Life.

UCMP. Introduction to Branchipoda

Wikipedia.

Works Cited

1.	Freshwater Crustacean Zooplankton of Europe Cladocera & Copepoda (Calanoida, Cyclopoida) L. A. Błędzki and J. I. Rybak. 2016. Springer.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 November, 2009 - 10:50pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Edward Ruden
Last updated 14 October, 2024 - 1:39pm

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