Lynceus (crustacean)
Genus of small freshwater animals
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Lynceus is a genus of clam shrimp in the family Lynceidae. There are about 13 described species in Lynceus.[1][2][3]
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| Lynceus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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]
