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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 |
Binomial name | |
Branchinella spinosa (H. Milne-Edwards, 1840) | |
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 .