Lynceidae

Lynceidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Laevicaudata
Family:	Lynceidae Baird, 1845

Lynceidae is a family of clam shrimp in the order Laevicaudata. There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Lynceidae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These five genera belong to the family Lynceidae:

• Leptestheriella
• Limnetis Loven, 1846
• Lynceiopsis Daday, 1912
• Lynceus Müller, 1776
• Paralimnetis Gurney, 1931-17

References

1. "Lynceidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. "Lynceidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. "Family Lynceidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

Further reading

• Martin, Joel W.; Belk, Denton (1988). "Review of the clam shrimp family Lynceidae Stebbing, 1902 (Branchiopoda: Conchostraca), in the Americas". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 8 (3): 451–482. doi:10.2307/1548283. JSTOR 1548283.
• Brtek, J.án (1997). Checklist of the valid and invalid names of the large branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata and Laevicaudata), with a survey of the taxonomy of all Branchiopoda. Zborník Slovenského Národného Múzea, Prírodné Vedy. Vol. 43. Slovenské Národné Múzeum - Prírodovedné Múzeum. pp. 1–66. ISBN 978-80-85753-97-4.
• Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Science Series. Vol. 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. ISBN 978-1-891276-27-9.