Branchinella apophysata

Branchinella apophysata
Conservation status
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, ed. "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.