Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida

Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Phyllopoda Preuss, 1951
Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: blad- of kieuwpootkreeftjes; bladpootkreeftjes; kieuwpootkreeftjes
 English: branchiopods; phyllopods sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Blattfußkrebse; Kiemenfüßer sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Japanese: 鰓脚綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: bladfotingar

Literature

original description

Latreille [P. A.]. (1816). Les Crustacés, les Arachnides, et les Insectes. In: [G. L. C. F. D.] Cuvier. Le Règne Animal, Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour Servrir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée. Volume 3: i-xxix+1-653. Paris: Deterville [Dated 1817, published 2 December 1816 fide Roux, 1976].

basis of record

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

taxonomy source

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Branchiopoda. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1069

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bc70ce99-291b-4928-8e02-94fbad4d387e

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2022-09-02 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by Geoff Boxshall

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