Order SPINICAUDATA Linder, 1945

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Regional Maps

• Spinicaudata Lindner, F. 1945. Affinities within the Branchiopoda with notes on some dubious fossils. Arkiv för Zoologi 37(4): 1-28 [16].

Introduction

Taxonomy and phylogeny within the Spinicaudata are controversial. The members of this order are commonly called spiny clam shrimps. The order has had a long and convoluted taxonomic his¬tory, untangled in Rogers (2020). Schwentner et al. (2009) analyzed sequences of three gene fragments (28S rRNA, 16S rRNA and COI) and concluded that major monophyletic lineages could be distinguished: Limnadiidae, Leptestheriidae, Eocyzicus and all Cyzicidae except Eocyzicus giving rise to a separate family for this genus Schwentner et al. (2020). Rogers (2020) catalogued the world's species and Richter & Timms (2005) listed Australian species.

Diagnosis References

Timms, B.V. 2018. Keys to the Australian clam shrimps (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida). Museum Victoria Science Report 20: 1-25 [available online at https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/museum-victoria-science-reports/]

General References

Richter, S. & Timms, B.V. 2005. A list of recent clam shrimps (Crustacea: Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida) of Australia, including a description of a new species of Eocyzicus. Records of the Australian Museum 57: 341-354

Rogers, D.C. 2020. Spinicaudata catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Zoological Studies 59: e45

Schwentner, M., Rabet, N., Richter, S., Giribet, G., Padhye, S., Cart, J., Bonillo, C. & Rogers, D.C. 2020. Phylogeny and biogeography of Spinicaudata (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Zoological Studies 59(44): 1-23

Schwentner M., Timms, B.V., Bastrop, R. & Richter, S. 2009. Phylogeny of Spinicaudata (Branchiopoda, Crustacea) based on three molecular markers--an Australian origin for Limnadopsis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 716-725

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