superorder

Clam Shrimps and Water Fleas

Diplostraca

Field notes

Branchiopoda (from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia), meaning "gill", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot") is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, Diplostraca (or Cladocera), Notostraca, the Devonian Lepidocaris and possibly the Cambrian Rehbachiella. They are mostly small, freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus.

Children

Anomopods 35 native
Water Fleas 4 native
Spiny Clam Shrimp 3 native
Predatory Water Fleas 2 native
Smooth Clam Shrimp 1 native
Predatory Water Fleas 1 native
Clam Shrimps

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native clam shrimps and water fleas All

Native to the US, by observations.

California Clam Shrimp Cyzicus californicus 383 observations
Agassiz Clam Shrimp Eulimnadia agassizii 6 observations