Species Branchinella apophysata Linder, 1941
- Branchinella apophysata Linder, F. 1941. Contributions to the morphology and taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Anostraca. Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 20: 101-303 [261-262 fig. 37].
Type data:
Holotype ZMU 663a-c, pool at Mt Margaret, via Laverton, WA.
Paratype(s) ZMU 663a-c.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from the type locality (Timms 2002, fig. 3); and recent studies in the area failed to find it (Timms et al., in press).
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Presumedly a filter feeder.
General References
Geddes, M.C. 1981. Revision of Australian species of Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 253-295
Timms, B.V. 2002. The Fairy Shrimp Genus Branchinella Sayce 1903 (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Western Australia, including a description of four new species. Hydrobiologia 486: 71-89
Timms, B.V., Datson, B. & Coleman, M. 2006. The wetlands of the Lake Carey catchment, northeast goldfields of Western Australia, with special reference to large branchiopods. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 89: 175-183
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