Linderiella

Linderiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Chirocephalidae
Genus: Linderiella
Brtek, 1964
Species
  • Linderiella africana Thiéry, 1986
  • Linderiella massaliensis Thiéry & Champeau, 1988
  • Linderiella occidentalis (Dodds, 1923)
  • Linderiella santarosae Thiéry & Fugate, 1994
  • Linderiella baetica Alonso & Garcia-de-Lomas, 2009

Linderiella is a genus of fairy shrimp, previously placed in its own family, Linderiellidae, but now usually considered part of the Chirocephalidae. It comprises five species – Linderiella occidentalis and L. santarosae from California, L. africana from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, L. massaliensis from southeastern France and L. baetica from southern Spain.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Miguel Alonso & Juan Garcia-de-Lomas (2009). "Systematics and ecology of Linderiella baetica n. sp. (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Chirocephalidae), a new species from southern Spain" (PDF). Zoosystema 31 (4): 807–827. doi:10.5252/z2009n4a4.