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Phallocryptus spinosus

Phallocryptus spinosus, the halophilic fairy shrimp, is a species of fairy shrimp within the family Thamnocephalidae. 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. It occurs in parts of Southern Africa, notably the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana. Other crustacean species found in this region of Botswana in co-existence with B. spinosa include Moina belli.

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Phallocryptus spinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Phallocryptus
Species:
P. spinosus
Binomial name
Phallocryptus spinosus
(H.Milne-Edwards, 1840)
Synonyms

Branchinella spinosa1

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.


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References

  1. "Branchinella spinosa (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. "Phallocryptus spinosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1840)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. 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.
  4. C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". The Megalithic Portal.