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  • noun Plural form of branchiopod.

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Examples

  • Conchostracans have the flattened leaf-like legs of branchiopods, but they are completely encased by their carapace.

    Crustacea 2008

  • Fairy shrimp are easy to distinguish from all other branchiopods because they swim upside down with their legs extending upwards.

    Crustacea 2008

  • Fairy shrimp (Anostraca) are branchiopods that include brine shrimp.

    Pravda.Ru 2010

  • Vericrustacea ( 'true crustaceans') includes the decapods (crabs and lobsters), mantis shrimp, barnacles, copepods, and branchiopods; most of the critters commonly thought of as crustaceans.

    Research Blogging - All Topics - English Arthropoda Mike Bok 2010

  • Vericrustacea ( 'true crustaceans') includes the decapods (crabs and lobsters), mantis shrimp, barnacles, copepods, and branchiopods; most of the critters commonly thought of as crustaceans.

    Research Blogging - All Topics - English Arthropoda Mike Bok 2010

  • Vericrustacea (malacostracans, thecostracans, copepods and branchiopods) and Xenocarida

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jerome C. Regier 2010

  • Vericrustacea ( 'true crustaceans') includes the decapods (crabs and lobsters), mantis shrimp, barnacles, copepods, and branchiopods; most of the critters commonly thought of as crustaceans.

    Research Blogging - All Topics - English 2010

  • Vericrustacea (malacostracans, thecostracans, copepods and branchiopods) and Xenocarida

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jerome C. Regier 2010

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