Cladocera
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Cladocera is a order of aquatic, largely freshwater crustaceans, commonly known as water fleas. Most cladocerans feed on microscopic chunks of organic matter, though some forms are predatory. Over 100
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A cladocera giving birth (100x magnification)
Exuviae of a middle Permian diplostracan from Hérault, France. Max Rouger Collection.
Evadne spinifera, one of very few marine diplostracan species
Branchiopoda
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Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca, Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella. They are mostly small, freshwa
Cladocera
…species are all in the family Podonidae, except for the genus Penilia. Some cladocerans inhabit leaf litter. Cladocera is part of the broader group Diplostraca. The World Registry of Marine Species divides Branchiopoda into subclasses Phyllopoda and Sarsostraca, with the Phyllopoda divided into superorders…
Artemia salina (Anostraca: Artemiidae)
Triops longicaudatus adult ventral