Linderiella
Genus of small freshwater animals
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Linderiella is a genus of fairy shrimp, previously placed in its own family, Linderiellidae, but now usually considered part of the Chirocephalidae. It comprises five species – Linderiella occidentalis and L. santarosae from California, L. africana from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, L. massaliensis from southeastern France and L. baetica from southern Spain.[1]
| Linderiella | |
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| Linderiella occidentalis (C) and the egg of Linderiella santarosae (D) compared to Lepidocaris rhyniensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Chirocephalidae |
| Genus: | Linderiella Brtek, 1964 |
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