''Macrothrix'' is a genus of ''
Macrothricidae
Macrothricidae is a family of anomopods in the order Diplostraca. There are about 17 genera and at least 80 described species in Macrothricidae.
ITIS Taxonomic note:
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The genus was described in 1843 by
William Baird.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species include:
* ''
Macrothrix acutirostris''
(Schmarda, 1854)
* ''
Macrothrix agsensis''
Dumont, Silva Briano & Subhash Babu, 2002
* ''
Macrothrix laticornis''
(Jurine, 1820)
References
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Cladocera