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Family Streptocephalidae

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fairy shrimp - Streptocephalus sealii fairy shrimp - Streptocephalus sealii fairy shrimp - Streptocephalus sealii - male fairy shrimp - Streptocephalus sealii - male fairy shrimp male specimen 1 - Streptocephalus sealii - male fairy shrimp male specimen 1 - Streptocephalus sealii - male male and female cercopods - Streptocephalus sealii Anostraca - Streptocephalus sealii

Classification

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

Numbers

Represented by a single genus Streptocephalus (1)

Remarks

Detailed descriptions, photomicrographs, and key to species (1)
Updated key to species (2)

Works Cited

1.Diagnosis and phylogeny of the New World Streptocephalidae (Branchiopoda: Anostraca)
Maeda-Martinez, A. M., Belk, D., Obregón-Barboza, H. and Dumont, H. J. 1995. Hydrobiologia 298(1):15-44.
2.Two new fairy shrimp of the genus Streptocephalus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from North America
A. M. Maeda-Martínez, H. Obregón-Barboza, M. A. Prieto-Salazar and H. García-Velazco. 2005. Journal of Crustacean Biology Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 537-546.
Contributed by Brady Richards on 16 July, 2012 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 4 August, 2024 - 10:29am

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