Branchiopoda

Branchiopoda; Temporal range: Cambrian – Recent
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda

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Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It is the sister group to the other crustaceans. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus. However, many of the Cladocera are marine.

Branchiopods have gills on most of the animals' appendages, including some of the mouthparts. The name means "gill-foot".^[1]

Subclass Sarsostraca
- Anostraca
Subclass Phyllopoda
- Lipostraca†
- Notostraca
Infraclass Diplostraca

Related pages[change]

Daphnia
Brine shrimp

References[change]

↑ Libbie Hyman (1961). "Subclass 1. Branchiopoda". The Invertebrata (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 368–375.

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[Hyman-1] Libbie Hyman (1961). "Subclass 1. Branchiopoda". The Invertebrata (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 368–375.

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