Branchinecta gaini
Species of fairy shrimp / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Branchinecta gaini is a species of fairy shrimp from Antarctica and Patagonia. It is the largest freshwater invertebrate in Antarctica, at 16 mm (0.63 in) long. It lives on bacteria and other organisms, surviving the winter as resting eggs.
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Branchinecta gaini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Anostraca |
Family: | Branchinectidae |
Genus: | Branchinecta |
Species: | B. gaini |
Binomial name | |
Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910 | |
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