Pleuroxus Baird 1843

Pascual, Jhaydee Ann F., Rizo, Eric Zeus C., Han, Boping, Dumont, Henri J. & Papa, Rey Donne S., 2014, Taxonomy and distribution of four Cladoceran families (Branchiopoda: Cladocera: Moinidae, Bosminidae, Chydoridae and Sididae) in Philippine inland waters, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62, pp. 771-794 : 776

Genus Pleuroxus Baird 1843

Body circular to oval. Ventral valves with setae attached to its edges. Posterior dorsal angle of valve lower than the height of the carapace. Antennules with peg. Swimming antennae with spines. Post abdomen of average length; Terminal claw with two basal spines. Several sub genera taken from this genus are still in question and are usually used more often as a sub genus rather than a genus.