Triops Shrank 1803 (Tadpole shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Notostraca - Triopsidae

Synonym: Apus Schaeffer 1758 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Triopsidae according to G. Geyer et al. 2024

See also Gall 1971, Keilhack 1909, Martin and Davis 2001 and Tasch 1969

Sister taxa: Apodites phuthingensis, Lepidurus, Lynceites

Subtaxa: Triops cancriformis

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Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Triops in the database

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