Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Class Branchiopoda > Subclass Phyllopoda

Diplostraca Gerstaecker, 1866

Rank: Superorder
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superorder group names

Cladocera Latreille, 1829 synonym
Gymnomera G.O. Sars, 1865 synonym
Onychocaudata Olesen & Richter, 2013 synonym; alternate representation

Children

Anomopoda G.O. Sars, 1865
Ctenopoda G.O. Sars, 1865
Haplopoda
Laevicaudata Linder, 1945
Onychopoda G.O. Sars, 1865
Spinicaudata

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: waterluizen; watervlooien
 English: clam shrimps & waterfleas 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: Doppelschaler; Krallenschwänze 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: 双殻目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Norwegian: vannlopper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: vannlopper
 Norwegian Nynorsk: vasslopper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: hinnkräftor

Literature

basis of record

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.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Diplostraca. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155670

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Diplostraca Gerstaecker, 1866. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5882fa3f-9ee3-4ae6-b663-010649b21e80

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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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GUID

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Last modified

2021-08-27 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by D. Christopher Rogers

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