Anaspides driesseni

{{short description|Species of crustaceans}}

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|taxon = Anaspides driesseni

|authority = Höpel, Richter & Ahyong, 2023

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| range_map_caption = Holotype site (TMAG G9228 ♂): Weld River, TAS

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Anaspides driesseni is a species of freshwater crustacean in the family Anaspidesidae, and was first described in 2023 by Christoph Höpel, [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Richter_(Zoologe) Stefan Richter] & Shane Ahyong.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Anaspides driesseni Höpel, Richter & Ahyong, 2023|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1647827 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}{{cite Q|Q122332088}} In 2016{{Cite Q|Q56036676}} Ahyong discussed three morphologically different forms of A. swaini occurring in three different drainage systems.

The species epithet honours Michael Driessen.

This species is endemic to Tasmania,{{Cite web |title=Species Anaspides driesseni Ahyong, 2015 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Anaspides_driesseni |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Australian Government}} and is found in "South-eastern Tasmania from the Arve Valley and Hartz Mountains area over the Mt Picton area and Snowy Mountains to the Wellington Range and western to northwestern Mt Wellington (Collinsvale and North West Bay River catchment); Southern-Derwent and Huon drainage system".