Branchinella spinosa

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Branchinella spinosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Branchinella
Species:
B. spinosa
Binomial name
Branchinella spinosa

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

  1. "Branchinella spinosa (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal.