Species: Branchinecta coloradensis
Colorado Fairy Shrimp
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Crustacea
Class
Branchiopoda
Order
Anostraca
Family
Branchinectidae
Genus
Branchinecta
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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.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-10-01
Global Status Last Changed
2000-06-21
Distribution
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)