Category:Phyllopoda

Phyl*lop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. -poda.] (zoöl.)

Defn: an order of entomostraca including a large number of species, Most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike Legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also Branchiopoda.

Note: in some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (holostraca); In others, as apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (monostraca); in Others, like artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly Segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the cladocera.