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Branchinella spinosa

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Species of crustacean

Branchinella spinosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Branchinella
Species: B. spinosa
Binomial name
Branchinella spinosa
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1840)

Branchinella spinosa is a species within the family Thamnocephalidae. This fairy shrimp species occurs in parts of Southern Africa, notably the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana. Other crustacean species found in this region of Botswana in co-existence with B. spinosa include Moina belli.

References

  1. "Branchinella spinosa (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal.
Taxon identifiers
Branchinella spinosa
Branchipus spinosa


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