1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
BRANCHIOPODA. — In this order, exclusion of the Phyllocarida will leave three suborders of very unequal extent, the Phyllopoda, Cladocera, Branchiura. The constituents of the last have often been classed as Copepoda, and among the Branchiopods must be regarded as aberrant, since the "branchial tail" implied in the name has no feet, and the actual feet are by no means obviously branchial. Phyllopoda. — This " leaf-footed " suborder has the appendages which follow the second maxillae variable in number, but all folia…
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- Vol. 9, pp. 656-656