Branchiopoda
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"Branchiopod" redirects here. Not to be confused with Brachiopod.
Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.
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Branchiopoda | |
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Clockwise from top left: Artemia (Anostraca), Triops (Notostraca), Daphnia (Cladocera) & Cyzicus (Spinicaudata) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Superclass: | Allotriocarida |
Class: | Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 |
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