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Class

Latreille, 1817

 

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The class Branchiopoda is represented in California by the following taxa*:     Subclass Sarsostraca Tasch 1969         Order Anostraca Sars 1867                         Family Artemiidae Grochowski 1896                                        Artemia franciscana Kellog 1906                                        Artemia monica Verrill 1869 - Mono Lake Brine Shrimp                         Family Branchinectidae Daday 1910                                        Branchinecta campestris Lynch 1960 - Pocked Pouch Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta coloradensis Packard 1874 - Colorado Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta conservatio Eng, Belk and Eriksen 1990 - Conservancy Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta dissimilis Lynch 1972 - Dissimilar Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta gigas Lynch 1937 - Giant Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta hiberna Rogers and Fugate 2001 - Winter Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta lindahli - Packardi 1883 Versatile Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta longiantenna Eng, Belk and Eriksen 1990 - Longhorn Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta lynchi Eng, Belk and Eriksen 1990 - Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta mackini Dexter 1956 - Alkali Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta mesovallensi Belk and Fugate 200 - Midvalley Fairy Shrimp                                         Branchinecta sandiegonensis Fugate 1993- San Diego Fairy Shrimp                         Family Chirocephalidae Daday 1910                                         Eubranchipus bundyi Forbes 1876 - Knobbedlip Fairy Shrimp                                         Eubranchipus oregonus Creaser 1930 - Oregon Fairy Shrimp                                         Eubranchipus serratus Forbes 1876 - Ethologist Fairy Shrimp                                         Linderiella occidentalis (Dodds 1923) - California Fairy Shrimp                          Family Streptocephalidae Daday 1910                                         Streptocephalus sealii Ryder 1879 - Spinytail Fairy Shrimp                                         Streptocephalus woottoni Eng, Belk and Eriksen 1990 - Riverside Fairy Shrimp     **Subclass Phyllopoda Preuss 1951         Order Notostraca Sars 1867                         Family Triopsidae Keilhack 1909                                         Lepidurus packardi Simon 1886 - Intermountain Tadpole Shrimp                                         Lepidurus lemmoni Holmes 1894 - Alkali Tadpole Shrimp                                         Lepidurus sp. - Modoc Tadpole Shrimp                                         Triops longicaudatus (LeConte 1846) - American Tadpole Shrimp                                         Triops newberryi (LeConte 1846) - Desert Tadpole Shrimp         Order Diplostraca Gerstaecker 1866                 Suborder Laevicaudata Linder 1945                         Family Lynceidae Baird 1845                                         Lynceus brachyiurus Müller 1776 - Lentil Clam Shrimp                 Suborder Spinicaudata Linder 1945                         Family Cyzicidae Stebbing 1910                                         Cysicus californicus (Packard 1874) - California Clam Shrimp                         Family Leptestheriidae Daday 1923                         Family Limnadiidae Baird 1849                 Suborder Cyclestherida Sars 1899                         Family Family Cyclestheriidae Sars 1899                 Suborder Cladocera Latreille 1829                     Infraorder Ctenopoda Sars 1865                         Family Holopediidae Sars 1865                         Family Sididae Baird 1850                     Infraorder Anomopoda Stebbing 1902                         Family Bosminidae Baird 1845                         Family Chydoridae Stebbing 1902                         Family Daphniidae Straus 1820                         Family Macrothricidae Norman & Brady 1867                     Infraorder Onychopoda Sars 1865                         Family Cercopagididae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi 1968                         Family Podonidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi 1968                         Family Polyphemidae Baird 1845                     Infraorder Haplopoda Sars 1865                         Family Leptodoridae Lilljeborg 1900
*	The classification utilized here follows Martin and Davis (2001):
	Martin, Joel .W. and George W.. Davis. 2001.  An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series No. 39. i-vii + 124 pp
**	We have not yet compiled a complete California species list for the subclass Phyllopoda, nor have we determined which phyllopodan families are present in California.  As always, we would welcome contributions to that effort, and would welcome review and correction of what we have thus far included.