Species: Streptocephalus sealii
Spinytail Fairy Shrimp
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
The proximal tooth of the second antenna has a single cusp. Fitzpatrick (1983) includes a key to the family and at least two illustrations of S. SEALI.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Crustacea
Class
Branchiopoda
Order
Anostraca
Family
Streptocephalidae
Genus
Streptocephalus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Crustaceans - Fairy, Clam, and Tadpole Shrimps
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Crustacea - Branchiopoda - Anostraca - Streptocephalidae - Streptocephalus
Ecology and Life History
The proximal tooth of the second antenna has a single cusp. Fitzpatrick (1983) includes a key to the family and at least two illustrations of S. SEALI.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Short General Description
A freshwater fairy shrimp
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Ecology Comments
Element exhibits year to year and seasonal fluctuations in abundance (Fitzpatrick, 1983).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2008-10-03
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 is found from prairie provinces in Canada, east to New York, and south to Vera Cruz, Mexico (Fitzpatrick, 1983).
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)