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  Order Notostraca

Family Triopsidae

    Genus Lepidurus -- North America.
    Genus Triops -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Family Triopsidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Triopsidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 15 species in 2 genera worldwide, 7 Nearctic species in 2 genera] (Brendonck et al., 2008).

Bibliography

• Brendonck, L. D.C. Rogers, J. Olesen, S. Weeks, & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Global diversity of the large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 167-176. [Available online]

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