Order LAEVICAUDATA Lindner, 1945
- Laevicaudata Lindner, F. 1945. Affinities within the Branchiopoda with notes on some dubious fossils. Arkiv för Zoologi 37(4): 1-28 [16].
Introduction
The smooth clam shrimps, or Laevicaudata, is well supported morphologically and molecularly most recently by Rogers & Olesen (2016), Schwentner et al. (2020) and Sigvardt et al. (2021). Laevicaudata contains a single family with three genera.
General References
Richter, S. & Timms, B.V. 2005. A list of recent clam shrimps (Crustacea: Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida) of Australia, including a description of a new species of Eocyzicus. Records of the Australian Museum 57: 341-354
Rogers, D.C. & Olesen, J. 2016. Laevicaudata catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): an overview of diversity and terminology. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74: 221–240
Schwentner, M., Rabet, N., Richter, S., Giribet, G., Padhye, S., Cart, J., Bonillo, C. & Rogers, D.C. 2020. Phylogeny and biogeography of Spinicaudata (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Zoological Studies 59(44): 1-23
Sigvardt, Z.M.S., Olesen, J., Rogers, D.C., Timms, B., Mlambo, M., Rabet, N. and Palero, F. 2021. Multilocus phylogenetics of smooth clam shrimps (Branchiopoda, Laevicaudata). Zoologica Scripta 50(795-811)
History of changes
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| 13-Mar-2025 | 09-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Mar-2025 | 18-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |