Species: Branchinecta coloradensis

Colorado Fairy Shrimp
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Crustacea
    Class

    Branchiopoda

    Order

    Anostraca

    Family

    Branchinectidae

    Genus

    Branchinecta

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Crustaceans - Fairy, Clam, and Tadpole Shrimps
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Crustacea - Branchiopoda - Anostraca - Branchinectidae - Branchinecta - Originally poorly described by Packard (1883) causing great confusion, Lynch (1964) redsecribed this species adequately.
    Habitat Type Description
    Freshwater
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2008-10-01
    Global Status Last Changed
    2000-06-21
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    G - 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles) - G - All states west of and including the Rocky Mountains states, as well as prairie pools in Oklahoma, Alberta, and Saskatchewan; desert pools in Wyoming (Eriksen and Belk, 1999; Rogers et al., 2006; Rogers, 2006).
    Global Range Code
    G
    Global Range Description
    200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
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