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Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea)

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We present a cladistic analysis of all branchiopod groups, using a total of 42 morphological characters. The class Branchiopoda is composed of five superorders and 11 orders (nine recent, two fossil). The orders Ctenopoda, Anomopoda and Onychopoda form a monophyletic group, combined in the superorder Cladocera. The order Haplopoda, the fourth so-called cladoceran order (s. lat.), belongs to a new monotypic superorder, the Leptodorida. The circumtropical Cyclesteria hislopi is the sole representative of a new conchostracan order, the Cyclestherida.

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    Stefan Negrea

  2. Biological Faculty, University of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 93-95, 76201, Bucuresti, Romania

    Nicolae Botnariuc

  3. Institute of Animal Ecology, University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat, 35, 9000, Gent, Belgium Author for correspondence

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Negrea, S., Botnariuc, N. & Dumont, H.J. Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea). Hydrobiologia 412, 191–212 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003894207100

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