Branchinecta
{{Short description|Genus of small freshwater animals}}
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| taxon = Branchinecta
| authority = Verrill, 1869 {{ITIS |id=83694 |taxon=Branchinecta Verrill, 1869 |accessdate=May 21, 2011}}
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Branchinecta is a genus of fairy shrimp in family Branchinectidae. It includes around 50 species,{{cite journal |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1126 |pages=35–51 |year=2006 |title=Three new species of Branchinecta (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from the Nearctic |author=D. Christopher Rogers |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01126p051f.pdf |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1126.1.3 }} found on all continents except Australia. Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, is the largest species in the order, with a length of up to {{convert|10|cm|0}},{{cite journal |author=Geoffrey Fryer |year=1968 |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London |volume=177 |issue=1 |pages=19–34 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8312.1966.tb00948.x |title=Branchinecta gigas Lynch, a non-filter-feeding raptatory anostracan, with notes on the feeding habits of certain other anostracans |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119867653/abstract|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105114408/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119867653/abstract|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-05}} and Branchinecta brushi lives at the highest altitude of any crustacean, at {{convert|5930|m}}, a record it shares with the copepod Boeckella palustris. A new genus, Archaebranchinecta was established in 2011 for two species previously placed in Branchinecta.{{cite journal |author=D. Christopher Rogers |author2=Jorge S. Coronel |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=A redescription of Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940, and its placement in a new genus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae) |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=717–724 |doi=10.1651/10-3449.1|doi-access=free }}
Species
- Branchinecta achalensis Cesar, 1985
- Branchinecta belki Maeda-Martínez, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1992 File:Status iucn CR icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Baillie, J. | title = Branchinecta belki | volume = 2000 | page = e.T3043A9549316 | date = 2000 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T3043A9549316.en }}
- Branchinecta brushi Hegna & Lazo-Wasem, 2010{{cite journal |author=Thomas A. Hegna |author2=Eric A. Lazo-Wasem |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Branchinecta brushi n. sp. (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae) from a volcanic crater in northern Chile (Antofagasta Province): a new altitude record for crustaceans |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=445–464 |doi=10.1651/09-3236.1 |doi-access=free }}
- Branchinecta campestris Lynch, 1960 – pocket-pouch fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta coloradensis Packard, 1874 – Colorado fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta constricta Rogers, 2006
- Branchinecta conservatio Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 File:Status iucn EN icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Branchinecta conservatio | volume = 1996 | page = e.T3045A9551064 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3045A9551064.en }} – conservancy fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958 – horned fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta dissimilis Lynch, 1972 – Great Basin fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta ferox (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840)
- Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910
- Branchinecta gigas Lynch, 1937 File:Status iucn LC icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Branchinecta gigas | volume = 1996 | page = e.T3041A9545649 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3041A9545649.en }} – giant fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta granulosa Daday, 1902
- Branchinecta hiberna Rogers & Fugate, 2001 – winter fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta iheringi Lilljeborg, 1889
- Branchinecta kaibabensis Belk & Fugate, 2000 – Kaibab fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta lateralis Rogers, 2006
- Branchinecta leonensis Cesar, 1985
- Branchinecta lindahli Packard, 1883 – versatile fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta longiantenna Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 File:Status iucn EN icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Branchinecta longiantenna | volume = 1996 | page = e.T3046A9551833 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3046A9551833.en }} – longhorn fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta lynchi Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 File:Status iucn VU icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Branchinecta lynchi | volume = 1996 | page = e.T3047A9552141 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3047A9552141.en }} – vernal pool fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta mackini Dexter, 1956 – alkali fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta mediospina Rogers, Dasis & Murrow, 2011{{cite journal |author=D. Christopher Rogers |author2=Don Dasis |author3=Daniel G. Murrow |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=A new species of Branchinecta (Crustacea: Anostraca) with comments on the large branchiopod crustaceans of Kansas |journal=Zootaxa |volume=2749 |pages=62–68 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02749p068f.pdf |format=PDF excerpt|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2749.1.5 }}
- Branchinecta mesovallensis Belk & Fugate, 2000 – mid-valley fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta mexicana Maeda-Martínez, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1992 File:Status iucn CR icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Maeda-Martinez, A.M. | title = Branchinecta mexicana | volume = 1996 | page = e.T3044A9550338 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3044A9550338.en }}
- Branchinecta minuta Smirnov, 1948
- Branchinecta oriena Belk & Rogers, 2002
- Branchinecta orientalis G. O. Sars, 1901
- Branchinecta oterosanvicentei Obregón-Barboza, et al., 2002
- Branchinecta packardi Pearse, 1912 – Packard fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta paludosa (O. F. Müller, 1788) – circumpolar fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta palustris Birabén, 1946
- Branchinecta papillosa Birabén, 1946
- Branchinecta potassa Belk, 1979 – Nebraska fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta prima Cohen, 1983
- Branchinecta raptor Rogers, Quinney, Weaver, and Olesen 2006
- Branchinecta readingi Belk, 2000 – Reading fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta rocaensis Cohen, 1982
- Branchinecta sandiegonensis Fugate, 1993 File:Status iucn EN icon.svg{{Cite iucn | author = Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group | title = Branchinecta sandiegonensis | volume = 1996 | page = e.T3048A9545435 | date = 1996 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3048A9545435.en }} – San Diego fairy shrimp
- Branchinecta serrata Rogers, 2006
- Branchinecta somuncurensis Cohen, 1983
- Branchinecta tarensis Birabén, 1946
- Branchinecta tolli (G. O. Sars, 1897)
- Branchinecta valchetana Cohen, 1981
- Branchinecta vuriloche Cohen, 1985
References
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External links
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