Branchinella apophysata

Branchinella apophysata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Branchinella
Species: B. apophysata
Binomial name
Branchinella apophysata
Linder, 1941

Branchinella apophysata is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is known only from its type locality, a shallow pool on Mount Margaret, near Laverton, Western Australia.[2] It is most closely related to other Australian species, including B. affinis, B. denticulata, B. latzi, B. longirostris and B. probiscida.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella apophysata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1995). D. Belk; H. J. Dumont & G. Maier, eds. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture II". Hydrobiologia. 298 (1–3): 315–353. doi:10.1007/BF00033826. |chapter= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Brian V. Timms (2001). "Two new species of fairy shrimp (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae: Branchinella) from the Paroo, Inland Australia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 53: 247–254. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1331.


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