Conchostraca

Conchostraca

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Classis: Branchiopoda
Rank?: Conchostraca
Superfamiliae: †Afrograptioidea ...

• NOTE: Conchostraca is a disused paraphyletic taxon, the formerly included subtaxa were: Cyclestherida - Laevicaudata - Spinicaudata

References

• Olesen, J. 1998: A phylogenetic analysis of the Conchostraca and Cladocera (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Diplostraca). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 122(4): 491–536. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02161.x PDF
• Olesen, J. 2000: An updated phylogeny of the Conchostraca-Cladocera clade (Branchiopoda, Diplostraca). Crustaceana, 73(7): 869–886. DOI: 10.1163/156854000504877 JSTOR PDF
• Stenderup, J.T.; Olesen, J.; Glenner, H. 2006: Molecular phylogeny of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea) – multiple approaches suggest a 'diplostracan' ancestry of the Notostraca. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 41(1): 182–194. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.006 PDF

Links

• NHMLC PEET project: The Conchostraca
• EoL

Vernacular names

English: clam shrimps