Branchiopoda is a class of crustaceans. It comprises fairy shrimp clam shrimp Cladocera Notostraca and the Devonian Lepidocaris. They are mostly small freshwater animals that feed on plankton and detritus with the exception of the Cladocera many of which are marine.
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