The order Notostraca, containing the single family Triopsidae, is a group of crustaceans known as tadpole shrimp[1] or shield shrimp.[2] The two genera, Triops and Lepidurus, are considered living fossils, with similar forms having existed since the end of the Devonian, around 360 million years ago. They have a broad, flat carapace, which conceals the head and bears a single pair of compound eyes. The abdomen is long, appears to be segmented and bears numerous pairs of flattened legs. The telson is flanked by a pair of long, thin caudal rami. Phenotypic plasticity within taxa makes species-level identification difficult, and is further compounded by variation in the mode of reproduction. Notostracans are omnivores living on the bottom of temporary pools and shallow lakes.
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The order Notostraca, containing the single family Triopsidae, is a group of crustaceans known as tadpole shrimp or shield shrimp. The two genera, Triops...
It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella. They...
Triops is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). The long-lasting resting eggs of several species of Triops are commonly...
although it is retained into the adult form in some groups, such as the Notostraca. Some crustacean groups lack this larval type, isopods being one example...
were better considered a distinct species, "Notostraca" minor, with an uncertain position within Notostraca. Genetic evidence also indicates that T. cancriformis...
shrimp or longtail tadpole shrimp) is a freshwater crustacean of the order Notostraca, resembling a miniature horseshoe crab. It is characterized by an elongated...
(2016). "Cyst morphology of large branchiopod crustaceans (Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata) in western Poland". Biological Letters. 53...
the rain returns. tadpole shrimp 20 Tadpole shrimp belong to the family Notostraca. These living fossils have not much changed since the Triassic. They are...
ecology of a freshwater crustacean: Lepidurus arcticus (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) in a High Arctic region. University of Helsinki. p. 151. Lakka, Hanna-Kaisa...
prized and traded from elsewhere. Paleontology portal Arthropods portal Notostraca Horseshoe crab Isopoda Triops List of trilobite genera History of life...
[citation needed] Lepidurus apus is perhaps the most cosmopolitan of all the Notostraca, occurring widely around the world including, but not limited to, New...
differentiation in North American species of Triops (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca)". Hydrobiologia. 359 (1–3): 125–147. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-3177-5_14...
Infraclass Calmanostraca Order †Protocaridida Order †Kazacharthra Order Notostraca (Tadpole shrimp) Infraclass Diplostraca (Clam shrimp) Order Laevicaudata...
This is a list of species of fauna (animals) that have been observed in the U.S. state of Oregon. Oregon slender salamander California mountain kingsnake...
Lepidurus is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). It is the larger of the two extant genera of the tadpole shrimps, the...
vernal pool tadpole shrimp, is a small, rare species of tadpole shrimp (Notostraca) found in temporary ponds of the western United States. The freshwater...
Hundsdoerfer, Anna K. (December 1, 2013). "Molecular phylogeny of the Notostraca". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 1159–1171. doi:10.1016/j...
F. Müller, 1788) (Anostraca) and Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793) (Notostraca), on the Kuril Archipelago". Crustaceana. 72 (7): 710–712. doi:10.1163/156854099503744...
Branchiopoda 19 species of Anostraca 19 species of Cladocera 2 species of Notostraca 15 species of Conchostraca Malacostraca 6 species of Amphipoda 4 species...
This list of invertebrates of California lists invertebrate species (animals without a backbone) that are found in the US State of California. This list...
Boudjéma; et al. (2006). "Large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca and Spinicaudata) from the salt lakes of Algeria" (PDF). J. Limnol. 65...
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