Cactus (crustacean)

Cactus is a genus of anomopods in the family Macrothricidae.[1] There is only one described species, Cactus cactus.[2] C. cactus can be found in Chile.[3]

Cactus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Cladocera
Family:	Macrothricidae
Genus:	Cactus
Species:	C. cactus
Binomial name
Cactus cactus (Vávra, 1900)[1]

References

1. "Browse Cactus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
2. Elmoor-Loureiro, Lourdes M. A. (2020-01-28). "A cladistic analysis of the genera of Macrothricidae Norman & Brady (Crustacea, Cladocera, Radopoda)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22 (3): 735–741. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752005000300034. ISSN 0101-8175.
3. Villalobos, Lorena (2020-01-28). "Estado de conocimiento de los crustáceos zooplanctónicos dulceacuícolas de Chile". Gayana (Concepción). 70 (1): 31–39. doi:10.4067/S0717-65382006000100007. ISSN 0717-6538.

Further reading

• Dodson, Stanley L.; Cáceres, Carla E.; Rogers, D.Christopher (2010). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (Third ed.). Academic Press. doi:10.1016/C2009-0-02669-5. ISBN 978-0-12-374855-3.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Brendonck, L.; Rogers, D.C.; Olesen, J.; Weeks, S.; Hoeh, W.R. (2007). Balian, E.V.; Lévêque, C.; Segers, H.; Martens, K. (eds.). Global diversity of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater. Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology. 198. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_18. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
• Dumont, Henri; Negrea, S. (1992). Introduction to the Class Branchiopoda. Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. Backhuys. ISBN 9057821125.
• Smirnov, N.N. (1992). The Macrothricidae of the world. Guides to the identification of the microivertebrates of the Continental Waters of the world. SPB Academic Publishing. ISBN 90-5103-067-3.