Lepidurus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Branchiopoda
Superordo: Calmanostraca
Ordo: Notostraca

Familia: Triopsidae
Genus: Lepidurus
Species: L. apus - L. arcticus - L. batesoni - L. bilobatus - L. couesii - L. cryptus - L. lemmoni - L. lynchi - L. mongolicus - L. packardi
Name

Lepidurus Leach, 1819: Dict. Sci. Nat., 14, 539.
References

Lepidurus is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). It is the larger of the two extant genera of the tadpole shrimps, the other being Triops. They are commonly found in vernal pools and survive dry periods with the help of long lasting resting eggs.
Adult freshwater crustacean of the genus Lepidurus.

The genus contains the following species:[1]

Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793)
Lepidurus batesoni Longhurst, 1955
Lepidurus bilobatus Packard, 1883
Lepidurus couesii Packard, 1875
Lepidurus cryptus D. C. Rogers, 2001
Lepidurus lemmoni Holmes, 1894
Lepidurus mongolicus Vekhoff, 1992
Lepidurus packardi Simon, 1886

References

Chip Hannum & Stuart Halliday. "Species descriptions". MyTriops. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2011.