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Checklist for Class Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 (Branchiopods)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Branchiopods, Brine shrimps, Daphnia, Phyllopods
15
34
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
15 Families width 69 Species
Chydoridae Stebbing, 190219SpeciesTaxom
Artemiidae Grochowski, 1895Brine shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Branchipodidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18404SpeciesTaxom
Bosminidae Sars, 1865Bosminid Waterfleas1SpeciesTaxom
Cyzicidae Stebbing, 1910Clam shrimp0SpeciesTaxom
Daphniidae Straus, 182017SpeciesTaxom
Sididae Baird, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Limnadiidae Burmeister, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Ilyocryptidae Smirnov, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Macrothricidae Norman & Brady, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheriidae Daday, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Lynceidae Baird, 1845Clam Shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Moinidae Goulden, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Streptocephalidae Daday, 1910Streptocephalid brine shrimp10SpeciesTaxom
Triopsidae Keilhack, 1909Fairy shrimp3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
34 Genera with 69 Species
#ABCDEILMOPST
Acroperus Baird, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Alona Baird, 19675SpeciesTaxom
Archepleuroxus Smirnov & Timms, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Artemia Leach, 1758Brine shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Australobranchipus Rogers & al., 20071SpeciesTaxom
Bosmina Baird, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Branchipodopsis G. O. Sars, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Caenestheria Daday, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Camptocercus Baird, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ceriodaphnia Dana, 18203SpeciesTaxom
Chydorus Leach, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Coronatella Dybowski & G..., 18981SpeciesTaxom
Daphnia O. F. Mueller, 1914Water Flea9SpeciesTaxom
Diaphanosoma Fischer, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnadia Packard, 01SpeciesTaxom
Eurycercus Baird, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Ilyocryptus Sars, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Lathonura Lilljeborg, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheria G. O. Sars, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Leydigia Kurz, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Limnadopsis Spencer & Hall, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Lynceus Müller, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Macrothrix Baird, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Megafenestra Dumont and P..., 18491SpeciesTaxom
Moina Baird, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Monospilus G. O. Sars, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Ovalona van Damme & ..., 18781SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroxus Baird, 18202SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochydorus Fryer, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Scapholeberis Schoedler, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Sida Straus, 1776Fanpetals1SpeciesTaxom
Simocephalus Schödler, 17763SpeciesTaxom
Streptocephalus Baird, 199310SpeciesTaxom
Triops Schrank, 19113SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
69 Species
Acroperus harpae Baird, 1834
Alona affinis Leydig, 1860
Alona costata G.O. Sars, 1862
Alona guttata Sars, 1862
Alona leydigia Schödler, 1863
Alona setulosa Megard, 1967
Archepleuroxus baylyi Smirnov & Timms, 1983
Artemia salina Linnaeus, 1758Brine Shrimp
Australobranchipus parooensis Rogers & al., 2007
Bosmina (Bosmina) longirostris Müller, 1776
Branchipodopsis hodgsoni G. O. Sars, 1898
Branchipodopsis tridens Daday, 1910
Branchipodopsis wolfi Daday, 1910
Camptocercus australis Sars, 1896
Ceriodaphnia cornuta G. O. Sars, 1885Water flea
Ceriodaphnia producta Sars, 1916
Ceriodaphnia reticulata (Jurine, 1820)⇒ Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard, 1895
Chydorus sphaericus O.F. Müller, 1776Water flea
Coronatella bukobensis Weltner, 1898
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) dolichocephala Sars, 1895
Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) magna Straus, 1820Spoonleaf treebine
Daphnia (Daphnia) laevis Birge, 1879
Daphnia (Daphnia) longispina O.F. Müller, 1776
Daphnia (Daphnia) obtusa Kurz, 1942Scentless plant bugs
Daphnia (Daphnia) pulex Leydig, 1860Common water flea
Daphnia barbata Weltner, 1898
Daphnia quadrangula (O. F. Muller, 1785)⇒ Ceriodaphnia quadrangula O.F. Müller, 1785
Daphnia studeri Rühe, 1914
Diaphanosoma excisum G.O. Sars, 1885
Eulimnadia africana
Eurycercus (Eurycercus) lamellatus O.F. Müller, 1776
Eurycercus freyi
Eurycercus nigracanthus Hann, 1990
Ilyocryptus acutifrons Sars, 1862
Ilyocryptus sordidus Liévin, 1848
Lathonura rectirostris Müller, 1785
Leptestheria macgillivrayi Baird, 1862
Leptestheria rubidgei Baird, 1862
Leydigia propinqua Sars, 1903
Limnadopsis birchii Baird, 1860
Lynceus tatei Brady, 1886
Macrothrix capensis Sars, 1916
Macrothrix hirsuticornis Norman & Brady, 1867Gold-bordered Hairstreak
Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853Water flea
Megafenestra aurita (Fischer, 1849
Moina dubia Guerne & Ric..., 1892
Monospilus dispar Sars, 1862Creamy Stripe-streak
Ovalona weinecki Studer, 1878
Pleuroxus (Pleuroxus) trigonellus O. F. Müller, 1776
Pleuroxus (Tylopleuroxus) aduncus Jurine, 1820
Pseudochydorus globosus Baird, 1843
Scapholeberis kingii (Sars, 1888)⇒ Scapholeberis kingi Sars, 1903
Sida crystallina O. F. Müller, 1776
Simocephalus exspinosus Koch, 1841
Simocephalus serrulatus Koch, 1841Water flea
Simocephalus vetulus Müller, 1776
Streptocephalus cafer Lovén, 1847
Streptocephalus cirratus Daday, 1908
Streptocephalus dendyi Barnard, 1929
Streptocephalus dregi G. O. Sars, 1899
Streptocephalus gracilis G. O. Sars, 1898
Streptocephalus macrourus Daday, 1908
Streptocephalus ovamboensis Barnard, 1924
Streptocephalus proboscideus Frauenfeld, 1873Sudanese fairy shrimp
Streptocephalus purcelli G. O. Sars, 1898
Streptocephalus spinicaudatus Hamer & Appl..., 1993
Triops granarius Lucas, 1864Tadpole shrimp
Triops numidicus (Lucas, 1864)⇒ Triops granarius Lucas, 1864
Triops spinosus Wolf, 1911

Subnodes of Branchiopoda with occurrences in Cape
SubclassPhyllopoda
Preuss, 1951
12
30
54
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassSarsostraca
Tasch, 1969
3
4
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Branchiopoda at itis.gov
Branchiopoda at marinespecies.org