Branchinella lithaca
Species of small freshwater animal
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Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was collected on Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia in 1940, and has not been seen since.[2] It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1]
| Branchinella lithaca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Thamnocephalidae |
| Genus: | Branchinella |
| Species: | B. lithaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Branchinella lithaca (Creaser, 1940) | |
