Branchiopoda


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Noun1.Branchiopoda - primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas
class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas
genus Daphnia - water fleas
Anostraca, order Anostraca - small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps
Notostraca, order Notostraca - small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
genus Triops, Triops - type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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In terms of occurrence rates, they feed mainly on Chironomidae (52.63 %), Phryganeidae (16.13 %), Branchiopoda (15.68 %), Harpacticidae (13.38 %), and Ephemeroptera (1.86 %).
Molecular characterization of visual pigments in Branchiopoda and the evolution of opsins in Arthropoda.
Classes Ordres FAMILIES SPECIES Ni Arachnida Mesostigmata Gamasidae Gamasidae sp.ind 75 Sarcoptiformes Oribatidae Oribatidae sp.ind 41 Branchiopoda Cladocera Daphniidae Daphnia pulex 562 Anostraca Artemiidae Artemia sp.
MATERIALS AND METHODS--The Organism--Fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) are an ancient and taxonomically diverse group, consisting of about 500 species worldwide (Brendonck et al., 2008).