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Genus Triops

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Branchiopoda (Branchiopods)
Order Notostraca (Tadpole Shrimp)
Family Triopsidae
Genus Triops
Explanation of Names
Author: Schrank, 1803
(Triops means "three eyes")