Lepidurus is a genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). It is the larger of the two extant genera of the tadpole shrimps, the other being Triops. They are commonly found in vernal pools and survive dry periods with the help of long lasting resting eggs.
Species
The genus contains the following species: Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793) Lepidurus batesoni Longhurst, 1955 Lepidurus bilobatus Packard, 1883 Lepidurus couesii Packard, 1875 [*Note] Lepidurus cryptus Rogers, 2001 Lepidurus lemmoni Holmes, 1894 Lepidurus lubbocki Lepidurus mongolicus Vekhoff, 1992 Lepidurus packardi Simon, 1886 Lepidurus patagonicus Lepidurus viridis
[*Note: Contra "couessii" as unavailable subsequent spelling in some databases]
Species brought into synonymy All listed synonyms are junior subjective synonyms. Lepidurus angasi ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus barcaeus ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus compressus ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus glacialis ; accepted as Lepidurus arcticus Lepidurus hatcheri ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus kirki ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus lynchi ; accepted as Lepidurus lemmoni Lepidurus macrourus ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus productus ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Lepidurus spitzbergensis ; accepted as Lepidurus arcticus Lepidurus ussuriensis ; accepted as Lepidurus arcticus Lepidurus viridulus ; accepted as Lepidurus apus
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