Anostraca

From Greek 'an-' ('without') and 'ostrakon' ('shell'), refering to the lack of carapace the members of this order display.

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Anostraca

1. A taxonomic order within the class Branchiopoda – the fairy shrimps.

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Crustacea - subphylum; Branchiopoda - class

• (order): Artemiina, Anostracina - suborders
  • Artemiidae, Parartemiidae; Branchinectidae, Branchipodidae, Chirocephalidae, Streptocephalidae, Tanymastigidae, Thamnocephalidae - families

• Anostraca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anostraca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Anostraca on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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