Branchiopoda

Branchiopoda
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Recent
Clockwise from top left: Artemia (Anostraca), Triops (Notostraca), Daphnia (Cladocera) & Cyzicus (Spinicaudata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Superclass: Allotriocarida
Class: Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Subclasses

Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.