''Eurycercus'' is a genus of

crustacean Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...

s belonging to the suborder

Anomopoda Anomopoda is an order of the superorder Diplostraca. These crustaceans, a type of water flea, are members of the class Branchiopoda Branchiopoda, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (''bránkhia''), meaning "gill", and πούς (''poús''), m ...

. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Eurycercidae. ''Eurycercus'' are relatively large anomopods, reaching sizes as large as .

Species

There are 16 species: Subgenus ''Eurycercus (Bullatifrons)'' Frey, 1975: * '' Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) longirostris'' Hann, 1982 * '' Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) macracanthus'' Frey, 1973 * '' Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) pompholygodes'' Frey, 1975 * '' Eurycercus (Bullatifrons) vernalis'' Hann, 1982 Subgenus ''Eurycercus (Eurycercus)'' Baird, 1843: * '' Eurycercus (Eurycercus) lamellatus'' (O.F. Müller, 1776) * '' Eurycercus (Eurycercus) microdontus'' Frey, 1978 Subgenus ''Eurycercus (Teretifrons)'' Frey, 1975: * '' Eurycercus (Teretifrons) glacialis'' Lilljeborg, 1887 * '' Eurycercus (Teretifrons) nigracanthus'' Hann, 1990 Subgenus not determined: * '' Eurycercus beringi'' Bekker, Kotov & Taylor, 2012 * '' Eurycercus cunninghami'' King, 1853 * '' Eurycercus lamellatus'' (O.F. Müller, 1776) * '' Eurycercus meridionalis'' Bekker, Kotov & Elmoor-Loureiro, 2010 * '' Eurycercus minutus'' Birabén, 1939 * '' Eurycercus nipponica'' Tanaka & Fujita, 2002 * '' Eurycercus norandinus'' Aranguren, Monroy & Gaviria, 2010 * '' Eurycercus spinosus'' King, 1853

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4569876, from2=Q21226194 Diplostraca Branchiopoda genera Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird