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Branchiopoda

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Bran´chi`o`poda
n. pl.1.(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.
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Noun1.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
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Editors and authors cover class Branchiopoda, Cephalocarida, Maxillopoda, Ostrocoda and Malacostaca, with changes from the last edition of 1989, a list of endangered crustaceans in North American and Hawaii and those presumed extinct, and a recounting of the literature cited.
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Class Branchiopoda (Water fleas) Water fleas, small (most < 1 mm in length) transparent animals, are widespread, living in all but the harshest freshwater habitats.
Aquatic macroinvertebrates of the Grand Calumet River by Whitman, Richard L. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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