Suborder ~CLADOCERA~ (/Small phyllopoda; body laterally
compressed; carapace like a bivalve shell; four to five
pairs of swimming-feet; chief organs of locomotion are
the biramous antennæ; abdomen devoid of appendages. They
abound in fresh water, are very prolific, and afford a
large amount of food to fresh-water fishes/)
Genera Species
^Daphnia^
^Leptodora^
^Moina^
^Polyphemus^
Order =OSTRACODA= (/Resemble minute bivalve shells; swim by
antennæ; body unsegmented; appendages seven pairs only/)
^Cypris^ (fresh-water)
^Cypridina^ (marine)
Order =COPEPODA= (/Small size; body long, segmented; four to
five pairs of once-branched appendages on thorax; abdomen
without appendages; abundant in fresh and salt water; many
forms parasitic/)
^Cyclops^
^Cetochilus^
^Sapphirina^
^Siphonostomata^
^Nicothoë^
Order =CIRRIPEDIA= (/Imperfectly segmented; fixed or
parasitic during adult life; inclosed in skin strengthened
by calcareous plates; abdomen rudimentary; appendages
biramous, usually six pairs/)
Genera Species
^Lepas^ ^L. anatifera^
^L. striata^
^L. pectinata^
^Balanus^ ^B. balanoides^
^B. eburneus^
^B. rugosus^
^B. geniculatus^
^B. tintinnabulum^
Suborder ~RHIZOCEPHALA~ (/Parasitic/.)
^Sacculina^ (parasitic on crabs)
^Peltogaster^ (parasitic on hermit-crabs)
Subclass =Malacostraca= (/Highly organized Crustacea, usually
of considerable size; appendages much differentiated/)
Order =PHYLLOCARIDA= (/Small; covered with bivalved carapace;
thoracic feet leaf-like; abdominal feet biramous; posterior
segment terminates in two long spines; mostly fresh-water
species/)
Order =SCHIZOPODA= (/Small; transparent; shrimp-like; thorax
more or less completely covered with soft carapace;
thoracic appendages biramous; eyes on stalks/. /Mysis/ are
/Without gills or thoracic legs/; /Euphausia/ are /With
gills or thoracic legs/.)
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