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Branchinella

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Branchinella

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Branchinella spinosa, Branchinella lithaca

A look at branchinella australiensis a dam fairy


Branchinella is a genus of crustaceans in the family Thamnocephalidae. This fairy shrimp genus is found across many parts of the world, but especially western Australia and southern Africa.

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Branchinella Fairy Shrimp observed by pintail on June 23 2008 iNaturalistorg

Several species are threatened by habitat destruction, and B. latzi might be extinct. The latter species was formerly found in waterholes at Uluru, but these have become polluted with urine and faeces of hikers, and the shrimp was absent in a recent survey.

Selected species

Branchinella includes the following species:

Some related fairy shrimp, such as Phallocryptus wrighti, were formerly placed in Branchinella.

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Branchinella Branchinella Thailandiensis TriopsGermany

Branchinella BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Branchinella genus

References

Branchinella Wikipedia


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