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Card 62/90

Name

Conchostraca

clam shrimp

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Branchiopoda

Order: Diplostraca

Suborder: Conchostraca

Habitat

Aquatic, benthic (temporary freshwater ponds and lagoons)

Feeding

Filter feeder, limnivore, microphage (filters algae and organic matter particles)

Distribution

Cosmopolitan

Conservation status

Not evaluated

Additional information

The Conchostracea are currently divided into two orders: Spinicaudata and Laevicaudata (not present in the Iberian fauna)

Additional information

Bibliography

- Alonso, M. (1996). Crustacea Branchiopoda. Fauna Ibérica Vol. 7. MNCN-CSIC, Madrid. (Disponible en Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias)

- García-de-Lomas, J., Sala, J., & Alonso, M. (2015). Clase Branchiopoda - Orden Spinicaudata. Revista IDE@-SEA, 68, 1-11. Accesible en: http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_68.pdf

- Olesen, J. (1998). A phylogenetic analysis of the Conchostraca and Cladocera (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Diplostraca). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122, 491-536. https://doi.org/10.1006/zjls.1996.0096