Branchiopoda

Branchiopoda Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Clockwise from top left: Artemia (Anostraca), Triops (Notostraca), Daphnia (Cladocera) & Cyzicus (Spinicaudata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Allotriocarida
Class:	Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817
Subclasses
Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969 Phyllopoda Preuss, 1951

Branchiopoda, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia), meaning "gill", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot", is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.