Branchipodidae
| Branchipodidae | |
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| Branchipodopsis sp., male and female, from the Western Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Suborder: | Anostracina |
| 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 genus, is known as a fossil from the Latest Eocene-aged Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls, of the Isle of Wight.
References
- JSTOR 20106379.
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Families of class Branchiopoda | ||
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| Anostraca |  | |
| Notostraca | ||
Laevicaudata | ||
Spinicaudata | ||
Cyclestherida |
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Cladocera |
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| Authority control databases: National |
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