Biology:Bosminidae

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Short description: Family of small freshwater animals

Bosminidae
Bosmina with its brood pouch (cropped).jpg
Bosmina
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Bosminidae
Baird, 1845

Bosminidae is a family of anomopods in the order Diplostraca. There are at least 3 genera and 40 described species in Bosminidae.[1][2][3][4]

Genera

  • Bosmina Baird, 1845
  • Bosminopsis Richard, 1895
  • Eubosmina Seligo, 1900

References

Further reading

  • Dodson, Stanley L.; Cáceres, Carla E.; Rogers, D.Christopher (2010). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (Third ed.). Academic Press. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-02669-5. ISBN 978-0-12-374855-3. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 
  • Brendonck, L.; Rogers, D.C.; Olesen, J.; Weeks, S.; Hoeh, W.R. (2007). "Global diversity of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater". Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. 198. Springer. 167–176. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_18. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0. 
  • Dumont, Henri; Negrea, S. (1992). Introduction to the Class Branchiopoda. Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Backhuys. ISBN 9057821125. 

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