Taxa

Branchiopoda

Class

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Branchiopoda." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-branchiopoda.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Branchiopoda. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-branchiopoda

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-branchiopoda,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Branchiopoda},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/class-branchiopoda},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans that includes fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, the water fleas grouped as Diplostraca, and Notostraca, along with fossil relatives such as the Devonian genus Lepidocaris. Most living members are small freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.

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