After Parker, 1981, Hou & Bergström, 1997, and Martin & Davis, 2001

Alternative (older) taxonomy of Branchiopods

<==o Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 [Cephalocarida] (branchiopods; kidusjalkaiset)
   |?- †Rehbachiella kinnekullensis Müller, 1983 L.Camb. NEu.
   |?-o †Protocaridida 
   |  |?- †Vladicaris Chlupéc, 1995
   |  `-- †Protocaris
   |?-o †Odaraiida Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975
   |  `--o †Odaraiidae Simonetta & Delle Cave, 1975
   |     `-- †Odaraia alata Walcott, 1912 L.M. Camb. EAs. WNAm.
   `--+-- Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969
      `--o Phyllopoda Preuss, 1951
         |-- Calmanostraca sensu Parker, 1981 [Notostraca sensu Martin & Davis, 2001]
         `--o Diplostraca Gerstaecker, 1866 [Onychura]
            |--o Laevicaudata Linder, 1945 [paraphyletic Conchostraca]
            |  `-- Lynceidae Baird, 1845 [Lyncaeidae Bowman & Abele, 1982 lapsus calami]
            |--o Spinicaudata Linder, 1945 [paraphyletic Conchostraca]
            |  |-- Cyzicidae Stebbing, 1910 [Cyzicoidea]
            |  |-- Leptestheriidae Daday, 1923
            |  `--o Limnadiidae Baird, 1849 [incl. Imnadiidae Botnariuc & Orghidan; Metalimnadiidae Straskrab; Limnadopsidae Tasch, 1969; Paraimnadiidae Roessler, 1919] [Limnadioidea]
            |     |-- Imnadia [Imnadiidae Botnariuc & Orghidan]
            |     |--o Metalimnadia [Metalimnadiidae Straskraba]
            |     |  `-- M. serratura [Paraimnadia guayanensis Roessler, 1991]
            |     |-- Limnadia
            |     |-- Limnadopsis [Limnadopsidae Tasch, 1969]
            |     `== other Limnadiid genera?
            `--o Cladoceromorpha Ax, 1999
               |-- Cyclestheria hislopi [Cyclestherida Sars, 1899: Cyclestheriidae Sars, 1899] [paraphyletic Conchostraca]
               `--o Cladocera Latreille, 1829 (Water fleas; vesikirput)
                  |--o Ctenopoda Sars, 1865 [Sidoidea]
                  |  |--o Holopediidae Sars, 1865 [Holopedidae Bowman & Abele, 1982 lapsus calami]
                  |  |  `-- Holopedium
                  |  `-- Sididae Baird, 1850
                  |--o Anomopoda Stebbing, 1902 [Daphnoidea]
                  |  |-- Bosminidae Baird, 1845
                  |  |-- Chydoridae Stebbing, 1902
                  |  |--o Daphnidae Straus, 1820 [incl. Moinidae; Ilyocryptidae] (varsinaiset vesikirput)
                  |  |  |-- Daphnia
                  |  |  |-- Moina [Moinidae]
                  |  |  |-- Moinodaphnia [Moinidae]
                  |  |  |-- Ilyocryptus [Ilyocryptidae]
                  |  |  `== other Daphnid genera
                  |  `-- Macrothricidae Norman & Brady, 1867
                  `--o Gymnomera
                     |-- Leptodora [Haplopoda Sars, 1865: Leptodoridae Lilljeborg, 1900]
                     `--o Onychopoda Sars, 1865 [Polyphemoidea]
                        |-- Cercopagididae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968
                        |-- Podonidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968
                        `-- Polyphemidae Baird, 1845

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