-----WORK IN PROGRESS----- Taxonomy and Classification • Phylum: Arthropoda • Class: Branchiopoda • Order: Anostraca • Family: Branchipodidae • Genus: Branchipus • Species: B. schaefferi • Authority: Fischer, 1834 Size: Adults reach 8–25 mm • Body plan: Elongated, segmented body lacking a carapace • 11 pairs of phyllopodia for locomotion, respiration, and feeding • Stalked compound eyes and a median naupliar eye Conservation Status • Considered regionally vulnerable in parts of Western Europe...

Dendrocephalus proeliator Dendrocephalus proeliator is a fairy shrimp species in the Thamnocephalidae family (order Anostraca, class Branchiopoda), native to Florida, United States. This small, translucent crustacean lives in temporary freshwater pools and wetlands, with drought-resistant eggs that can stay dormant for 6 to 10 months until the pools refill and trigger hatching. First described in 2019 by D. C. Rogers, Ann Dunn, and W. Wayne Price from specimens raised from substrate collected...

(WIP Come Back Soon) 1. Taxonomy and Classification • Phylum: Arthropoda • Class: Branchiopoda • Order: Anostraca • Family: Thamnocephalidae • Genus: Dendrocephalus • Species: D. brasiliensis • Authority: Pesta, 1921 Size: Adults range from 10–25 mm • Body plan:• Lacks a carapace • Segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen • Equipped with stalked compound eyes and a median naupliar eye • Thorax: Bears 11 pairs of phyllopodia for swimming, respiration, and feeding Conservation Status • Not...