Branchiopoda

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Branchiopods
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class : Branchiopoda
Orders
not necessarily a complete list: Anostraca Notostraca Cladocera Conchostraca

Branchiopoda is a group of primarily freshwater crustaceans, mostly resembling shrimp. A few are well-known, including the Artemia (brine shrimp, called Sea Monkeys? when marketed as novelties), and Daphnia, both of which are raised as aquarium food or as interesting pets in and of themselves.

• Order Anostraca (fairy shrimps)
• Order Notostraca (tadpole shrimps)
• Order Cladocera (water fleas)
• Order Conchostraca (clam shrimps)