branchiopod

As nouns the difference between brachiopod and branchiopod

is that brachiopod is any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food while branchiopod is any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas.

As nouns the difference between branchiopod and phyllopod

is that branchiopod is any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class branchiopoda , such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas while phyllopod is any of several branchiopod crustaceans whose appendages resemble leaves.

Branchiopod is a hypernym of daphniid.

As nouns the difference between branchiopod and daphniid

is that branchiopod is any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class branchiopoda , such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas while daphniid is (zoology) any water flea of the family daphniidae.

Cladoceran is a hypernym of branchiopod.

As nouns the difference between branchiopod and cladoceran

is that branchiopod is any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas while cladoceran is any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera.