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Order Anostraca - Brine Shrimp and Fairy Shrimp

Representative Images

Fairy Shrimp - Eubranchipus fairy shrimp male specimen 1 - Streptocephalus sealii - male male fairy shrimp specimen 2 - male Atremia monica - Artemia monica Fairy Shrimp - Eubranchipus vernalis Alpine Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta cf sandiegonensis - Branchinecta Fairy shrimp

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Branchiopoda (Branchiopods)
Order Anostraca (Brine Shrimp and Fairy Shrimp)

Explanation of Names

Author: Sars, 1867

Remarks

Key to families and genera (1)

Internet References

Tree of Life
Wikipedia
UCMP. Introduction to Branchipoda

Works Cited

1.Revised key to families and genera of the Anostraca with notes on their geographical distribution
Jan Brtek and Graziella Mura. 2000. Crustaceana, Vol. 73, No. 9, pp. 1037-1088.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 9 November, 2009 - 1:11am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Edward Ruden
Last updated 28 July, 2024 - 9:58am

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