Branchinecta Explained

Branchinecta is a genus of fairy shrimp in family Branchinectidae. It includes around 50 species,^[1] found on all continents except Australia.^[1] Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, is the largest species in the order, with a length of up to 10cm (00inches),^[2] and Branchinecta brushi lives at the highest altitude of any crustacean, at, a record it shares with the copepod Boeckella palustris. A new genus, Archaebranchinecta was established in 2011 for two species previously placed in Branchinecta.^[3]

Species

• Branchinecta achalensis Cesar, 1985
• Branchinecta belki Maeda-Martínez, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1992 ^[4]
• Branchinecta brushi Hegna & Lazo-Wasem, 2010^[5]
• 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 ^[6] – 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 ^[7] – 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 ^[8] – longhorn fairy shrimp
• Branchinecta lynchi Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 ^[9] – vernal pool fairy shrimp
• Branchinecta mackini Dexter, 1956 – alkali fairy shrimp
• Branchinecta mediospina Rogers, Dasis & Murrow, 2011^[10]
• Branchinecta mesovallensis Belk & Fugate, 2000 – mid-valley fairy shrimp
• Branchinecta mexicana Maeda-Martínez, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1992 ^[11]
• 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 ^[12] – 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

Notes and References

1. . 1126 . 35–51 . 2006 . Three new species of Branchinecta (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from the Nearctic . D. Christopher Rogers . 10.11646/zootaxa.1126.1.3 .
2. Geoffrey Fryer . 1968 . . 177 . 1 . 19–34 . 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1966.tb00948.x . Branchinecta gigas Lynch, a non-filter-feeding raptatory anostracan, with notes on the feeding habits of certain other anostracans . https://archive.today/20130105114408/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119867653/abstract. dead. 2013-01-05.
3. D. Christopher Rogers . Jorge S. Coronel . amp . 2011 . A redescription of Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940, and its placement in a new genus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae) . . 31 . 4 . 717–724 . 10.1651/10-3449.1. free .
4. Baillie, J. . Branchinecta belki . 2000 . e.T3043A9549316 . 2000 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T3043A9549316.en .
5. Thomas A. Hegna . Eric A. Lazo-Wasem . amp . 2010 . Branchinecta brushi n. sp. (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae) from a volcanic crater in northern Chile (Antofagasta Province): a new altitude record for crustaceans . . 30 . 3 . 445–464 . 10.1651/09-3236.1 . free .
6. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Branchinecta conservatio . 1996 . e.T3045A9551064 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3045A9551064.en .
7. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Branchinecta gigas . 1996 . e.T3041A9545649 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3041A9545649.en .
8. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Branchinecta longiantenna . 1996 . e.T3046A9551833 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3046A9551833.en .
9. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Branchinecta lynchi . 1996 . e.T3047A9552141 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3047A9552141.en .
10. D. Christopher Rogers . Don Dasis . Daniel G. Murrow . amp . 2011 . A new species of Branchinecta (Crustacea: Anostraca) with comments on the large branchiopod crustaceans of Kansas . . 2749 . 62–68 . PDF excerpt. 10.11646/zootaxa.2749.1.5 .
11. Maeda-Martinez, A.M. . Branchinecta mexicana . 1996 . e.T3044A9550338 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3044A9550338.en .
12. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group . Branchinecta sandiegonensis . 1996 . e.T3048A9545435 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3048A9545435.en .