Phallocryptus spinosus
| Phallocryptus spinosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Thamnocephalidae |
| Genus: | Phallocryptus |
| Species: | P. spinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phallocryptus spinosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1840)
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| Synonyms | |
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Branchinella spinosa[1] | |
Phallocryptus spinosus, the halophilic fairy shrimp, is a species of fairy shrimp within the family Thamnocephalidae.[2] The species of previously recorded from a shallow salty pond in Tabriz, occurring in the same area as Branchinecta orientalis. More locations were reported in similar habitats in central and south Iran from Bafq and Lar, and a 4th population was found 200 kilometers south to the original locality.[3] It occurs in parts of Southern Africa, notably the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana.[4] Other crustacean species found in this region of Botswana in co-existence with B. spinosa include Moina belli.
References
[edit]- ^ "Branchinella spinosa (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ "Phallocryptus spinosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1840)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Vakili, B.; Sari, A. (2012). "The halophilic fairy shrimp, Phallocryptus spinosa (Milne-Edwards, 1840) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from southeast, Iran". Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics. 8 (2). doi:10.22067/IJAB.V8I2.25586. S2CID 90519856.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal.