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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Phyl·lop·o·da prop. n. pl.  Zool. An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water.  They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}.
 Note:In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented.  Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera.