Lynceidae

Lynceidae is a family of clam shrimp in the order Laevicaudata. There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Lynceidae.[1][2][3]

Lynceidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Laevicaudata
Family: Lynceidae
Baird, 1845

Genera

These five genera belong to the family Lynceidae:

  • Leptestheriella
  • Limnetis Loven, 1846
  • Lynceiopsis Daday, 1912
  • Lynceus Müller, 1776
  • Paralimnetis Gurney, 1931-17

References

  1. "Lynceidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "Lynceidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

Further reading

  • Martin, Joel W.; Belk, Denton (1988). "Review of the clam shrimp family Lynceidae Stebbing, 1902 (Branchiopoda: Conchostraca), in the Americas". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 8 (3): 451–482. doi:10.2307/1548283. JSTOR 1548283.
  • Brtek, J.án (1997). Checklist of the valid and invalid names of the large branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata and Laevicaudata), with a survey of the taxonomy of all Branchiopoda. Zborník Slovenského Národného Múzea, Prírodné Vedy. 43. Slovenské Národné Múzeum - Prírodovedné Múzeum. pp. 1–66. ISBN 978-80-85753-97-4.
  • Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Science Series. 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-891276-27-9.


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