Branchinella
Genus of small freshwater animals
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Branchinella is a genus of crustaceans in the family Thamnocephalidae. This fairy shrimp genus is found across many parts of the world, but especially western Australia and southern Africa.[2]
| Branchinella | |
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| Branchinella sp. from a rice paddy in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Thamnocephalidae |
| Genus: | Branchinella Sayce, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Branchipus australiensis Richters, 1976 [1] | |
Several species have small ranges and are threatened by habitat destruction. For example, B. latzi is only known from south Northern Territory and southwest Queensland,[3] but it has been extirpated from the Uluru region due to pollution from urine and faeces of tourists.[4]
The species Branchinella kugenumaensis are known as "Honen shrimp" (ホウネンエビ) in Japan, and are commonly found in rice fields during the early summer.[5][6]
Selected species
Branchinella includes the following species:[7][8][9]
- Branchinella acacioidea Belk & Sissom, 1992
- Branchinella affinis Linder, 1941
- Branchinella alachua Dexter, 1953
- Branchinella apophysata Linder, 1941
- Branchinella arborea Geddes, 1981
- Branchinella australiensis (Richters, 1876)
- Branchinella basispina Geddes, 1981
- Branchinella buchananensis Geddes, 1981
- Branchinella chudeaui (Daday, 1910)
- Branchinella compacta Linder, 1941
- Branchinella complexidigitata Timms, 2003[2]
- Branchinella denticulata Linder, 1941
- Branchinella dubia (Schwartz, 1917)
- Branchinella frondosa Henry, 1924
- Branchinella halsei Timms, 2003[2]
- Branchinella hardingi (Qadri & Baqai, 1956)
- Branchinella hattahensis Geddes, 1981
- Branchinella kadjikadji Timms, 2003[2]
- Branchinella kugenumaensis (Ishikawa, 1895)
- Branchinella latzi Geddes, 1981
- Branchinella lithaca (Creaser, 1940)
- Branchinella longirostris Wolf, 1911
- Branchinella lyrifera Linder, 1941
- Branchinella madurai Raj, 1951
- Branchinella mcraeae Timms, 2005[1]
- Branchinella minuta Rœn, 1952
- Branchinella multidigitata Timms, 2008[1]
- Branchinella nana Timms, 2003[2]
- Branchinella nichollsi Linder, 1941
- Branchinella occidentalis Dakin, 1914
- Branchinella ondonguae (Barnard, 1924)
- Branchinella ornata Daday, 1910
- Branchinella papillata Timms, 2008[1]
- Branchinella pinderi Timms, 2008[1]
- Branchinella pinnata Geddes, 1981
- Branchinella proboscida Henry, 1924
- Branchinella simplex Linder, 1941
- Branchinella spinosa (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
- Branchinella sublettei Sissom, 1976
- Branchinella thailandensis Sanoamuang, Saengphan & Murugan, 2002[10]
- Branchinella vosperi Timms, 2008[1]
- Branchinella wellardi Milner, 1929
Some related fairy shrimp, such as Phallocryptus wrighti, were formerly placed in Branchinella.
