Branchinella alachua

Species of small freshwater animal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Branchinella alachua is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was described in 1953 by Ralph W. Dexter based on material collected in 1947 by I. J. Cantrall; 11 male individuals of the new species were discovered among Cantrall's collection of Streptocephalus seali.[2] B. alachua is only known from the type locality, a temporary pool in Alachua County, Florida, from which its specific epithet derives.[2] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[1]

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Branchinella alachua
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Branchinella
Species:
B. alachua
Binomial name
Branchinella alachua
Dexter, 1953
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