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Branchipodidae

Family of small freshwater animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Branchipodidae
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Branchipodidae is a family of fairy shrimp, one of eight in the order Anostraca. It contains 35 extant species in five extant genera:[2]

  • Branchipodopsis G. O. Sars, 1898
  • Branchipus Schaeffer, 1766
  • Metabranchipus Masi, 1925
  • Pumilibranchipus Hamer & Brendonck, 1995
  • Rhinobranchipus Brendonck, 1995

Quick Facts Branchipodidae Temporal range: Late Eocene-Holocene, Scientific classification ...

One species, Branchipodites vectensis Woodward, 1879, in an extinct genus, is known as a fossil from the Latest Eocene-aged Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls, of the Isle of Wight.

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