Branchiopoda

Branchiopoda Temporal range: Cambrian - Recient
Triops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817
Orders
Subclass Sarsostraca Anostraca Subclass Phyllopoda Lipostraca† Notostraca Infraclass Diplostraca Laevicaudata Spinicaudata Cyclestherida Cladocera

Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It is the sister group to the remaining crustaceans, and comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Cladocera and Notostraca. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus, with the exception of the Cladocera, many of which are marine.