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Checklist for Class Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 (Branchiopods)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Branchiopods, Brine shrimps, Daphnia, Phyllopods
11
15
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Namibia
11 Families width 31 Species
Artemiidae Grochowski, 1895Brine shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Thamnocephalidae Packard, 18833SpeciesTaxom
Branchipodidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18405SpeciesTaxom
Daphniidae Straus, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Limnadiidae Burmeister, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheriidae Daday, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Lynceidae Baird, 1845Clam Shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Chydoridae Stebbing, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Podonidae (Mordukhai-Bo..., 1968)3SpeciesTaxom
Streptocephalidae Daday, 1910Streptocephalid brine shrimp9SpeciesTaxom
Triopsidae (Keilhack, 1909)Fairy shrimp3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namibia
15 Genera with 31 Species
Artemia Leach, 1758Brine shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Branchinella Sayce, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Branchinellites Daday, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Branchipodopsis G. O. Sars, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Daphnia O. F. Mueller, 2013Water Flea1SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnadia Packard, 01SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheria G. O. Sars, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Leptestheriella Daday, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Lynceus Müller, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Peracantha Baird, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Pleopis Dana, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Pleopsis Dana, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Podon Lilljeborg, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Streptocephalus Baird, 18739SpeciesTaxom
Triops Schrank, 18643SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
31 Species
Artemia salina Linnaeus, 1758Brine Shrimp
Branchinella ondonguae Barnard, 1924
Branchinella ornata Daday, 1910
Branchinellites ondonguae Barnard, 1924
Branchipodopsis browni Barnard, 1924
Branchipodopsis kalaharensis Daday, 1910
Branchipodopsis kaokoensis Barnard, 1929
Branchipodopsis tridens Daday, 1910
Branchipodopsis wolfi Daday, 1910
Daphnia sinensis Gu, Xu, Li, ..., 2013
Eulimnadia africana
Leptestheria rubidgei Baird, 1862
Leptestheria siligua
Leptestheria striatoconcha Barnard, 1924
Lynceus bicarinatus Barnard, 1924
Peracantha truncata O.F. Müller, 1785
Pleopis polyphemoides (Leuckart, 1859)⇒ Pleopsis polyphemoides Leuckart, 1859
Pleopsis polyphemoides Leuckart, 1859
Podon polyphemoides (Leuckart, 1859)⇒ Pleopsis polyphemoides Leuckart, 1859
Streptocephalus cafer Lovén, 1847
Streptocephalus cladophorus Barnard, 1924
Streptocephalus indistinctus Barnard, 1924
Streptocephalus kaokoensis Barnard, 1929
Streptocephalus macrourus Daday, 1908
Streptocephalus namibiensis Hamer & Bren..., 1993
Streptocephalus ovamboensis Barnard, 1924
Streptocephalus papillatus G. O. Sars, 1906
Streptocephalus proboscideus Frauenfeld, 1873Sudanese fairy shrimp
Triops cancriformis Bosc, 1801Horseshoe shrimp
Triops granarius Lucas, 1864Tadpole shrimp
Triops numidicus (Lucas, 1864)⇒ Triops granarius Lucas, 1864

Subnodes of Branchiopoda with occurrences in Namibia
SubclassPhyllopoda
Preuss, 1951
7
10
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassSarsostraca
Tasch, 1969
4
5
18
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Branchiopoda at artfakta.se
Branchiopoda at dyntaxa.se
Branchiopoda at gbif.org
Branchiopoda at gbif.org
Branchiopoda at itis.gov
Branchiopoda at marinespecies.org