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Thamnocephalidae Packard 1883

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Thamnocephalidae Packard 1883

Thamnocephalidae Simon 1886; Linder 1941; Brendonck & Belk 1997; Brtek & Mura 2000; Dumont & Negrea 2002; Rogers 2003b

Diagnosis. Penes close­set, basal portions soft or rigid, with one or more longitudinal rows of spines. Eversible portion typically becoming explanate distally. Vas deferens looped. Seminal vesicles absent. Second maxillae with single apical setae. Eleven pairs of thoracopods, each bearing a single pre­epipodite. Adults range in length from 6 to 60mm. 60+ species total, reported from all continents except Antarctica.

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Published as part of Rogers, D. Christopher, 2006, A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca), pp. 1-25 in Zootaxa 1260 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173180

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Biodiversity

Family
Thamnocephalidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anostraca
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Packard
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883 sec. Rogers, 2006

References

  • Packard, A. S. (1883) A Monograph of the Phyllopod Crustacea of North America. U. S. Geological Geographical Survey Report 12 (1), 295 - 516.
  • Simon, E. (1886) Etude sur les Crustaces du sous-ordre des Phyllopodes. Annales de la Societe E ntomologique de France, 6, 393 - 460.
  • Linder, F. (1941) Contributions to the morphology and the taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Anostraca. Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala, 10, 101 - 302.
  • Brtek, J. & Mura, G. (2000) Revised key to the families and genera of the Anostraca with notes on their geographical distribution. Crustaceana, 73, 1037 - 1088.
  • Dumont, H. J. & Negrea, S. V. (2002) Introduction to the class Branchiopoda. Backhuys Publishing, Leiden. 398 pp.
  • Rogers, D. C. (2003) Revision of the Thamnocephalid genus Phallocryptus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca). Zootaxa, 257, 1 - 14.