Lepidurus
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Lepidurus is the larger of the two genera of tadpole shrimp
. It contains the following species:
Notostraca
The order Notostraca comprises the single family Triopsidae, containing the tadpole shrimp or shield shrimp. The two genera, Triops and Lepidurus, are considered living fossils, having not changed significantly in outward form since the Triassic. They have a broad, flat carapace, which conceals the...
. It contains the following species:
- Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lepidurus arcticusLepidurus arcticusLepidurus arcticus is a species of tadpole shrimp which inhabits both ephemeral pools and permanent freshwater lakes of Norway, Greenland, Svalbard, Iceland, Russia and the Kuril Islands....
(PallasPeter Simon PallasPeter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...
, 1793) - Lepidurus batesoni Longhurst, 1955
- Lepidurus bilobatus PackardAlpheus Spring PackardAlpheus Spring Packard, LL.D. was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from...
, 1883 - Lepidurus couesii PackardAlpheus Spring PackardAlpheus Spring Packard, LL.D. was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr. and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island from...
, 1875 - Lepidurus cryptus D. C. Rogers, 2001
- Lepidurus lemmoni HolmesSamuel Jackson HolmesSamuel Jackson Holmes was an American zoologist. He was at University of California, Berkeley. He was also a eugenicist.He was the son of Joseph Holmes and his wife Avis Folger née Taber...
, 1894 - Lepidurus lynchi Linder, 1952
- Lepidurus mongolicus Vekhoff, 1992
- Lepidurus packardiLepidurus packardiLepidurus packardi is a rare species of tadpole shrimp known by the common name vernal pool tadpole shrimp. It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it lives in an endangered type of habitat, the vernal pool, and other freshwater aquatic habitats. It is a federally listed endangered...
Simon, 1886