Subclass Phyllopoda (branchiopod)
Named by Pruess, 1951
Parent taxon: Branchiopoda according to G. Geyer et al. 2024
See also Hegna et al. 2020, Hegna and Ren 2010, M'Coy 1849, Martin and Davis 2001 and Schwentner et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Anostraca, Ketmeniidae, Sarsostraca
Subtaxa: Branchipodiadae Calmanostraca
Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore