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Branchiopoda

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Description

Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Cladocera, Notostraca and the Devonian Lepidocaris. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branchiopoda, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	281	https://www.gbif.org/species/281
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	22113	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=22113

Rank

class

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Branchiopoda	Latreille 1817

Common Name

branchiopod

Scientific Name

Branchiopoda

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Branchiopoda	class	belongs to Crustacea	stated without evidence	Martin and Davis, 2001
Branchiopoda	class	belongs to Arthropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

19 (23%)

First Recorded Appearance

520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine,brackish,freshwater

Motility

slow-moving

Vision

well-developed

Diet

suspension feeder, detritivore

Ecospace Comments

ECOSPACE CODE: 121. LIFE HISTORY: pelagic or surficial, fully motile slow, and supension feeding, surface deposit feeding or grazing according to Bambach et al (2007),

Taphonomy

chitin

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Branchiopods, Branchiopodes, Blattfußkrebse, Kiemenfüßer, Bladfotingar, Bladpootkreeftjes, Kieuwpootkreeftjes, Phyllopods, 鰓脚, Branchiopod

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branchiopoda

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Phyllopoda subclass	listed (PBDB)		98	520 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Sarsostraca subclass	listed (PBDB)		24	304 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Anostraca order	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	304 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Diplostraca order	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		89	520 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Notostraca order	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Tadpole Shrimp	5	307 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Limnadioidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)		38	315 Ma Carboniferous	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cyclestheridae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ketmeniidae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lepidocarididae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodorosididae family	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Afrolimnadia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asmussia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bulbilimnadia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Daphnia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Eosolimnadiopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gabonestheria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gilsonicaris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Glyptoasmussia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Maghrebestheria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paraleptestheria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Esthena mexicana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paralimetis texana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1817	Branchiopoda Latreille
2001	Branchiopoda Martin and Davis p. 58
2002	Branchiopoda Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Martin J. W., Davis G. E. (2001) An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 39, 1-124

Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis, 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39. 124. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bowman, Thomas E., and Lawrence G. Abele / Lawrence G. Abele, ed. / Dorothy E. Bliss, ed.-in-chief, 1982: Chapter 1: Classification of the Recent Crustacea. The Biology of Crustacea, vol. 1: Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography. 1-27. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Latreille, P. A. (1817). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. In: G. L. C. F. D. Cuvier Le Regne Animal, distribue d'apres son organisation, pour servrir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Volume 3 Paris. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dumont, H.J. & Negrea, S.V. (2002) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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