Thamnocephalidae Packard 1883

Rogers, D. Christopher, 2006, A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca), Zootaxa 1260, pp. 1-25 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173180
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6255090
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scientific name	Thamnocephalidae Packard 1883
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Thamnocephalidae Packard 1883 View in CoL

Thamnocephalidae Simon 1886 View in CoL ; Linder 1941; Brendonck & Belk 1997; Brtek & Mura 2000; Dumont & Negrea 2002; Rogers 2003b

Diagnosis. Penes closeset, basal portions soft or rigid, with one or more longitudinal rows of spines. Eversible portion typically becoming explanate distally. Vas deferens looped. Seminal vesicles absent. Second maxillae with single apical setae. Eleven pairs of thoracopods, each bearing a single preepipodite. Adults range in length from 6 to 60mm. 60+ species total, reported from all continents except Antarctica.