Species Branchinella campbelli Timms, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Branchinella campbelli Timms, B.V. 2001. Two new species of Branchinella Sayce 1903 (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) from the Paroo, inland Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 53: 247-254 [250-253 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P58547, Lake Muella, Tredega Station, 140 km north-west of Bourke, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM P58548 (as allotype); AM P58549.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Paroo catchment and adjacent areas, north-western NSW and south-western Qld (Timms 2004).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Presumedly a filter feeder; found mainly in clear water ponds(Timms & Sanders 2002).

 

General References

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)

Timms, B.V. & Sanders, P.R. 2002. Biogeography and ecology of fairy shrimps (Crustacea: Anostraca) in the middle Paroo catchment of arid-zone Australia. Hydrobiologia 486: 225-238

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Jan-2013		15-Jan-2013	MODIFIED
09-Aug-2012		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010		18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
		14-May-2010	MODIFIED