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]

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.