Branchiura
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| Branchiura Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent |
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| Argulus sp. on a stickleback | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Branchiura Thorell, 1864 |
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Branchiura is a group of crustaceans ranked as a subclass of the class Maxillopoda. It comprises the fish lice of the family Argulidae, and the prehistoric Cyclida ("cycloids").[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Geoff A. Boxshall & Damià Jaume (2009). "Exopodites, epipodites and gills in crustaceans" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 67 (2): 229–254. http://www.arthropod-systematics.de/ASP_67_2/ASP_67_2_Boxshall_229-254.pdf.
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