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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Branchiopods (Branchiopoda) » Brine Shrimp and Fairy Shrimp (Anostraca) » Streptocephalidae » Streptocephalus » Streptocephalus sealii

Species Streptocephalus sealii

Representative Images

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Classification

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

Other Common Names

Spinytail Fairy Shrimp

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Streptocephalus sealii Ryder, 1879

Identification

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

Range

"...found from prairie provinces in Canada, east to New York, and south to Vera Cruz, Mexico" (Fitzpatrick, 1983)

Habitat

"Found in freshwater ponds and temporary pools making geographic distribution erratic. Sporadic, localized, and often season occurrence (Fitzpatrick, 1983). Found in seasonal wetlands and temporary pools" - EOL

Internet References

EOL

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 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden, metrioptera
Last updated 4 August, 2024 - 10:31am

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