BRANCHIOPOD

adj. Bra?n?/ki?-o-po2d. See BRANCHIOPopovus; as a n., in the pl., b's, see BRANCHIOPOD A. BRANCIFTIOPODA (Lat.), n. n. pl. Bra?n2(bra$n?)-ki2(ch?i?)- o*p’od-a3, From fpdyxia (see BRANCH IÆ), and wovs, à foot. Fr., branchiopodes. Ger., kiemenfii ige Krebse. A division, or legion, of the Entomostraca, comprising, according to Haeckel, the Archicarida, Phyllopod a, Trilobita, Cladocera, and Ostracod a. Of Cuvier, an order of the Entomostraca; of Lamarck, a suborder of the Hetero branch i at a. According to others, it embraces the Cladocera, Phyllopod a, Trilobita, and Merostoma. Still others reonly the Phyl- eS it as a division of the Crustacea contain in; ‘ormation of the jopoda and Cladocera. Huxley considers the group as of doubtful propriety. The branch iæ are numerous and attached to the legs. [L, 11, 147, 173, 201, 231.] BRANCHIOPOD I FORM IS Lal Ce adj. Bra?n?- (bra®n?)"ki?(ch%i%)-0(0?)-po2d-i?-fo?rm‘is, m Bpéyx:a (see BRAN- CRIÆ), wovs, a foot, and form a, form. Fr., branchiopod i for me. Apodous and having anteunæ, a distinct head, and a flexible, trans- He body with a respiratory tube posteriorly (said of larvæ). [L,