Thamnocephalidae is a family of anostracan branchiopod crustaceans with wide distribution including Western Australia, Southern Africa and South America. It was originally described as a subfamily of Branchipodidae by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1883, and elevated to the rank of family by Simon in 1886.[2] Six genera are recognised, in two subfamilies:[2]
| Thamnocephalidae | |
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| Male Thamnocephalus venezuelensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Suborder: | Anostracina |
| Family: | Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883 [1] |
- Thamnocephalinae
- Thamnocephalus Packard, 1879
- Carinophallus Rogers, 2006
- Branchinellinae
- Dendrocephalus Daday, 1908
- Phallocryptus Birabén, 1951
- Spiralifrons Dixon, 2010[3]
- Branchinella Sayce, 1903
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Thamnocephalidae.
- ^ "Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ^ a b D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1260: 1–25.
- ^ Christopher J. Dixon (2010). "Spiralifrons, replacement name for Gurneya Brtek, 1996 (Branchiopoda, Thamnocephalidae), junior homonym of Gurneya Roth, 1974 (Insecta, Blattaria)". Crustaceana. 83 (10): 1279–1280. doi:10.1163/001121610X526960.
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