''Lepidurus'' is a

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of small

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 in the order

Notostraca The order Notostraca, containing the single family Triopsidae, is a group of crustaceans known as tadpole shrimp or shield shrimp. The two genera, ''Triops'' and ''Lepidurus'', are considered living fossils, with similar forms having existed since ...

(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.

The genus contains the following species: *'' Lepidurus apus'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...

) *'' Lepidurus arcticus'' (

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, 1793) *'' Lepidurus batesoni'' Longhurst, 1955 *'' Lepidurus bilobatus''

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, 1883 *'' Lepidurus couesii''

, 1875 *'' Lepidurus cryptus'' D. C. Rogers, 2001 *'' Lepidurus lemmoni'' Holmes, 1894 *'' Lepidurus mongolicus'' Vekhoff, 1992 *'' Lepidurus packardi'' Simon, 1886

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* Notostraca Branchiopoda genera Taxa named by William Elford Leach Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Branchiopoda-stub