Branchiopoda

Bran´chi`o`poda

n. pl.

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(Zool.) An order of Entomostraca; - so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Branchiopoda - primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas subclass Branchiopoda class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas genus Daphnia - water fleas Anostraca, order Anostraca - small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps Notostraca, order Notostraca - small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace genus Triops, Triops - type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders