Polyphemus

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
Superordo: Cladocera
Ordo: Onychopoda
Familia: Polyphemidae
Genus: Polyphemus
Species (3): P. brevicaudis – P. exiguus – P. pediculus

Name

• Polyphemus O. F. Müller, 1785

References

Primary references

• Müller O. F.. 1785: Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit. Lipsiae et Havniae: 135 pp.

Additional references

• Dumont, H.J.; Negrea, S.V. 2002: Introduction to the class Branchiopoda. Guides to the identification of the macroinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. (Ed. H.J. F. Dumont). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 19:1-398. ISBN 90-5782-112-5
• Rivier, I.K. 1998: The predatory Cladocera (Onychopoda: Podonidae, Polyphemidae, Cercopagidae) and Leptodorida of the world. Backhuys Publishing, Leiden: pp.213. ISBN 90-73348-85-4