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- In branchiopod: Annotated classification

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: ARKive - Tadpole shrimp.	Satyavrat Nirala	Aug 12, 2014
	Added new Web site: Buglife - Tadpole Shrimp.	Veenu Setia	Feb 19, 2009
	Added new Web site: ARKive - Tadpole shrimp.	Veenu Setia	Feb 19, 2009
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Feb 12, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Nov 26, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998