Species Branchinella basispina Geddes, 1981

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• Branchinella basispina Geddes, M.C. 1981. Revision of Australian species of Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 253-295 [281-283 fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, homestead dam, Balladona Station, western Nullabor Plain, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM P28419; AM P28420 (as allotype); AM P28421; WAM.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South-western Nullabor Plain, WA (Geddes 1981; Timms 2002: fig. 5).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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; lives in pools on or adjacent to granite outcrops (Timms 2002).

 

General References

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. 2004. An Identification Guide to the Fairy Shrimps (Crustacea: Anostraca) of Australia. CRCFC Identification and Ecology Guide No 47, Thurgoona, NSW. 76 pp. (key)

 

History of changes

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