Branchinella lithaca
Branchinella lithaca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Anostraca |
Family: | Thamnocephalidae |
Genus: | Branchinella |
Species: | B. lithaca |
Binomial name | |
Branchinella lithaca (Creaser, 1940) | |
Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was collected on Stone Mountain, De Kalb County, Georgia in 1940, and has not been seen since.[2] It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- 1 2 Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella lithaca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T3055A9562364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3055A9562364.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ↑ Ralph W. Dexter (1953). "Studies on North American fairy shrimps with the description of two new species". American Midland Naturalist. 49 (3): 751–771. JSTOR 2485207.
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