NOMEN: Anostraca Sars 1867 [G.O. Sars. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés d'eau douce de Novège. 1e livrason. Les Malacostracés. // Christiania 1867: 1–145.] BHL
Sars 1896 [G.O. Sars. Beskrivelse af de hidtil kjendte Norske arter af underordnerne Phyllocarida og Phyllopoda. / Descripotions of the Norvegian species at present known belonging to the suborders Phyllocarida and Phyllopoda. // Fauna Norvegiae. Bd. I. Christiania 1896: 1–140.] BHL
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Sars 1867): –
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Sars 1896): Branchipodidae + Polyartemiidae
OBJECTIVE SYNONYM: = Pisciformia Sars 1896
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Protostraca Haeckel 1896
= Gymnophylla Stebbing1910
= Euanostraca Hutchinson 1930
= Anostracida Pearce 1936
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Branchipus/fg (incl. Polyartemia)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Branchipiens, Branchipidae, Branchipodidae, Branchipodacea, Pranchipodae, Branchipodida, Branchipodiformii, Branchipodina, Branchipodoides, Branchipodoihes, Branchipodioni
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.