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  • proper noun A taxonomic subclass within the class Branchiopoda — very many freshwater branchiopod crustaceans.

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Examples

  • The section of the Branchiopoda includes two groups differing even in their development, -- the Phyllopoda and the Cladocera.

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • Phyllopoda and Xiphosura, furnished a long and varied, and at the same time intimately connected series, such as was at my command in no other class.

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • Phyllopoda, on the contrary, in which the number of feet varies between

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • We might regard the Phyllopoda as Zoeae which have not arrived at the formation of a peculiarly endowed abdomen or thorax, and instead of these have repeatedly reproduced the appendages which first follow the Nauplius-limbs.

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • (* If the Phyllopoda may be regarded as the nearest allies of the

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • The anterior antennae of the Copepoda, Cladocera, Phyllopoda (Leydig,

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

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