Branchinella spinosa
Appearance
Branchinella spinosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Anostraca |
Family: | Thamnocephalidae |
Genus: | Branchinella |
Species: | B. spinosa
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Binomial name | |
Branchinella spinosa (H. Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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Branchinella spinosa is a species within the family Thamnocephalidae.[1] This fairy shrimp species occurs in parts of Southern Africa, notably the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana.[2] Other crustacean species found in this region of Botswana in co-existence with B. spinosa include Moina belli.
References
[edit]- ^ "Branchinella spinosa (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal.