Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883

Rogers, D. Christopher, 2003, Revision of the thamnocephalid Genus Phallocryptus (Crustacea; Branchiopoda; Anostraca), Zootaxa 257, pp. 1-14 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.156887
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276937
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Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883 View in CoL

Thamnocephalinae Packard, 1883

Thamnocephalidae Simon, 1886 View in CoL ; Linder, 1941 Branchinellinae Daday, 1910

Penes are close set with soft basal parts. Penes with one or more longitudinal rows of spines. Eversible portion becoming explanate distally. Vas deferens looped. Seminal vesicles are absent. Second maxillae with single apical setae. Mandibles without a palp. Eleven pairs of legs, each bearing a single praeepipodite. 6 to 60mm. Approximately 36 species total, reported from all continents except Antarctica.