Branchinecta gigas

Branchinecta gigas

Taxobox
name = "Branchinecta gigas"


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropod
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Branchiopoda
ordo = Anostraca
familia = Branchinectidae
genus = "Branchinecta"
species = "B. gigas"
binomial = "Branchinecta gigas"
binomial_authority = Lynch, 1937
Lynch, 1937
synonyms =

"Branchinecta gigas" is a species of fairy shrimp in family Branchinectidae, commonly called the giant fairy shrimp. Reaching 15 cm in length, it is the largest member of the class Branchiopoda. It is found in Canada and the United States.

References

* Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3041/all "Branchinecta gigas"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 August 2007.


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