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Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea)
Negrea, S.; Botnariuc, N.; Dumont, H.J. (1999). Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea). Hydrobiologia 412: 191-212
In: Hydrobiologia. Springer: The Hague. ISSN 0018-8158; e-ISSN 1573-5117, more
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Keywords
    Biogeny > Phylogeny
    Biological phenomena > Evolution
    Classification
    Branchiopoda [WoRMS]; Crustacea [WoRMS]; Cyclesteria hislopi
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Negrea, S.
  • Botnariuc, N.
  • Dumont, H.J., correspondent, more
Abstract
    We present a cladistic analysis of all branchiopod groups, using a total of 42 morphological characters. The class Branchiopoda is composed of five superorders and 11 orders (nine recent, two fossil). The orders Ctenopoda, Anomopoda and Onychopoda form a monophyletic group, combined in the superorder Cladocera. The order Haplopoda, the fourth so-called cladoceran order (s. lat.), belongs to a new monotypic superorder, the Leptodorida. The circumtropical Cyclesteria hislopi is the sole representative of a new conchostracan order, the Cyclestherida.
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