Definitions
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- n. Plural form of branchiopod.
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Examples
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Conchostracans have the flattened leaf-like legs of branchiopods, but they are completely encased by their carapace.
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Fairy shrimp are easy to distinguish from all other branchiopods because they swim upside down with their legs extending upwards.
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Fairy shrimp (Anostraca) are branchiopods that include brine shrimp.
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Vericrustacea ( 'true crustaceans') includes the decapods (crabs and lobsters), mantis shrimp, barnacles, copepods, and branchiopods; most of the critters commonly thought of as crustaceans.
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Vericrustacea (malacostracans, thecostracans, copepods and branchiopods) and Xenocarida
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