Species: Branchinecta lindahli
Versatile 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
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - This species ranges from southwestern Canada, through most of central and western USA into northern and central Mexico.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)