Cercopagididae

Cercopagididae
	An example of Cercopagis pengoi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Onychopoda
Family:	Cercopagididae; Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968

Cercopagididae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Diplostraca.^[1] A lot of Cercopagididae species are non-native species, many of which pose a great threat to aquatic ecosystems.^[2]

Genera:^[1]

Bythotrephes Leydig, 1860 (e.g. Bythotrephes longimanus)
Cercopagis Sars, 1897 (e.g. Cercopagis pengoi)

In addition, * Apagis Sars, 1897 is sometimes treated as a genus rather than as a subgenus, Cercopagis (Apagis).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c WoRMS. "Cercopagididae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Kotov, Alexey A.; Karabanov, Dmitry P.; Van Damme, Kay (2022-09-09). "Non-Indigenous Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): From a Few Notorious Cases to a Potential Global Faunal Mixing in Aquatic Ecosystems". Water. 14 (18): 2806. doi:10.3390/w14182806. ISSN 2073-4441.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Cercopagididae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[2] Kotov, Alexey A.; Karabanov, Dmitry P.; Van Damme, Kay (2022-09-09). "Non-Indigenous Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): From a Few Notorious Cases to a Potential Global Faunal Mixing in Aquatic Ecosystems". Water. 14 (18): 2806. doi:10.3390/w14182806. ISSN 2073-4441.

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