Branchinella lithaca

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Branchinella lithaca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Branchinella
Species:
B. lithaca
Binomial name
Branchinella lithaca
(Creaser, 1940)

Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was collected on Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia in 1940, and has not been seen since. [2] It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella lithaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T3055A9562364. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3055A9562364.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Ralph W. Dexter (1953). "Studies on North American fairy shrimps with the description of two new species". American Midland Naturalist . 49 (3): 751–771. doi:10.2307/2485207. JSTOR   2485207.


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