WoRMS taxon details
Diplostraca
Cladocera · unaccepted
Eucladocera · unaccepted (no evidence for grouping together...)
no evidence for grouping together all other cladocerans as the sister taxon to the monotypic Haplopoda (Leptodora)
Gymnomera · unaccepted (Rarely used alternative taxon...)
Rarely used alternative taxon comprising Haplopoda and Onychopoda
Onychocaudata · alternative representation (valid, unranked clade)
- Order Anomopoda
- Order Ctenopoda
- Order Cyclestherida
- Order Haplopoda
- Order Laevicaudata
- Order Onychopoda
- Order Spinicaudata
- Order Cladocera accepted as Diplostraca
- Suborder Conchostraca (Not a monophyletic group and its components are now included within the Diplostraca.)
- Suborder Eucladocera accepted as Diplostraca (no evidence for grouping together all other cladocerans as the sister taxon to the monotypic Haplopoda (Leptodora))
- Order Gymnomera accepted as Diplostraca (Rarely used alternative taxon comprising Haplopoda and Onychopoda)
- Suborder Procephalida accepted as Spinicaudata
- Suborder Spinirostria accepted as Spinicaudata
- Infraorder Onychocaudata represented as Diplostraca (valid, unranked clade)
- Order Cladocera incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gerstaecker, A. (1866). Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Arthropoden. [The Classes and Orders of Arthropods]. <em>C.F. Winterliche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig und Heidelberg.</em> 5:1-1319. (1866-1879).
note: page 1029: Subsectio 1. Diplostraca. Mantel zweiklappig , gleich dem Körper seitlich comprimirt. Augen verschmolzen. Fühler des zweiten Paares zweiästig , viel grösser als die Tastfühler, als ...
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note: page 1029: Subsectio 1. Diplostraca. Mantel zweiklappig , gleich dem Körper seitlich comprimirt. Augen verschmolzen. Fühler des zweiten Paares zweiästig , viel grösser als die Tastfühler, als ...
page 1029:
Subsectio 1. Diplostraca.
Mantel zweiklappig , gleich dem Körper seitlich comprimirt. Augen verschmolzen. Fühler des zweiten Paares zweiästig , viel grösser als die
Tastfühler, als Ruderorgane fungirend. Furcalanhänge des Postabdomen lamellös.
WoRMS (2026). Diplostraca. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155670 on 2026-03-20
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Gerstaecker, A. (1866). Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Arthropoden. [The Classes and Orders of Arthropods]. <em>C.F. Winterliche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig und Heidelberg.</em> 5:1-1319. (1866-1879).
note: page 1029: Subsectio 1. Diplostraca. Mantel zweiklappig , gleich dem Körper seitlich comprimirt. Augen verschmolzen. Fühler des zweiten Paares zweiästig , viel grösser als die Tastfühler, als ...
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original description (of Onychocaudata) Olesen, J.; Richter, S. (2013). Onychocaudata (Branchiopoda: Diplostraca), a new high-level taxon in branchiopod systematics. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 33(1): 62-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240x-00002121 [details]
original description (of Cladocera) Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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note: page 1029: Subsectio 1. Diplostraca. Mantel zweiklappig , gleich dem Körper seitlich comprimirt. Augen verschmolzen. Fühler des zweiten Paares zweiästig , viel grösser als die Tastfühler, als ...
page 1029:
Subsectio 1. Diplostraca.
Mantel zweiklappig , gleich dem Körper seitlich comprimirt. Augen verschmolzen. Fühler des zweiten Paares zweiästig , viel grösser als die
Tastfühler, als Ruderorgane fungirend. Furcalanhänge des Postabdomen lamellös.
original description (of Onychocaudata) Olesen, J.; Richter, S. (2013). Onychocaudata (Branchiopoda: Diplostraca), a new high-level taxon in branchiopod systematics. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 33(1): 62-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240x-00002121 [details]
original description (of Cladocera) Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | watervlooien [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | waterfleas [from synonym]water fleas [from synonym]clam shrimps & waterfleascladocerans [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Wasserflöhe [from synonym]KrallenschwänzeDoppelschaler | [details] |
| Japanese | 枝角亜目 [from synonym]双殻目 | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | vannlopper [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | vasslopper [from synonym] | [details] |
| Russian | ветвистоусые ракообразные [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | hinnkräftor [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cladocera) (from synonym Cladocera)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplostraca)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Cladocera)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090659) (from synonym Cladocera)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cladocera) (from synonym Cladocera)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diplostraca)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Cladocera)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 090659) (from synonym Cladocera)
To ITIS
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Hosted externally, from synonym
