Branchipodidae
| Branchipodidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Branchipodidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 [1] |
Branchipodidae is a family of fairy shrimp, one of eight in the order Anostraca. It contains 35 extant species in five extant genera:[2]
- Branchipodopsis G. O. Sars, 1898
- Branchipus Schaeffer, 1766
- Metabranchipus Masi, 1925
- Pumilibranchipus Hamer & Brendonck, 1995
- Rhinobranchipus Brendonck, 1995
One species, Branchipodites vectensis Woodward, 1879, in an extinct genera, is known as a fossil from the Latest Eocene-aged Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls, of the Isle of Wight.
References
- ↑ Jan Brtek & Graziella Mura (2000). "Revised key to families and genera of the Anostraca with notes on their geographical distribution". Crustaceana 73 (9): 1037–1088. doi:10.1163/156854000505083. JSTOR 20106379.
- ↑ Luc Brendonck, D. Christopher Rogers, Jorgen Olesen, Stephen Weeks & Walter R. Hoch (2008). Estelle V. Balian, Christian Lévêque, Hendrik Segers & Koen Martens, ed. "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment". Hydrobiologia. Developments in Hydrobiology 198 595 (1): 167–176. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9119-9. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
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