Lynceus (genus)

Lynceus is a genus of clam shrimp in the family Lynceidae. There are about 13 described species in Lynceus.[1][2][3]

Lynceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Laevicaudata
Family: Lynceidae
Genus: Lynceus
Müller, 1776

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Lynceus:

  • Lynceus aequatorialis Daday, 1927 i g
  • Lynceus andronachensis Botnariuc, 1947 g
  • Lynceus biformis (Ishikawa, 1895) g
  • Lynceus brachyurus O. F. Müller, 1776 i g b (holarctic clam shrimp)
  • Lynceus brevifrons (Packard, 1877) i g
  • Lynceus gracilicornis (Packard, 1871) i g
  • Lynceus insularis Olesen, Pöllabauer, Sigvardt & Rogers, 2016 g
  • Lynceus mallinensis Pessacq, Epele & Rogers, 2011 g
  • Lynceus mucronatus (Packard, 1875) i g
  • Lynceus quadrangularis Leydig, 1860 g
  • Lynceus rostratus Koch, 1841 g
  • Lynceus rotundirostris (Daday, 1902) i g
  • Lynceus tropicus Daday, 1927 i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

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References
  1. "Lynceus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. "Lynceus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. "Lynceus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading
  • Martin, Joel W.; Belk, Denton (1988). "Review of the clam shrimp family Lynceidae Stebbing, 1902 (Branchiopoda: Conchostraca), in the Americas". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 8 (3): 451–482. doi:10.2307/1548283. JSTOR 1548283.
  • Brtek, J.án (1997). Checklist of the valid and invalid names of the large branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata and Laevicaudata), with a survey of the taxonomy of all Branchiopoda. Zborník Slovenského Národného Múzea, Prírodné Vedy. 43. Slovenské Národné Múzeum - Prírodovedné Múzeum. pp. 1–66. ISBN 978-80-85753-97-4.


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