Species Branchinella frondosa Henry, 1924
- Branchinella frondosa Henry, M. 1924. A monograph of the freshwater Entomostraca of New South Wales. Part IV. Phyllopoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1924: 120-137.
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P3245, Yass, NSW. - Branchinella mirabilis Milner, D.F. 1929. A description of two new species of Anostracan Phyllopoda from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15: 25-35-3 pls, 1 text fig.
Type data:
Status unknown, Dalgaranga Station, north-east of Yalgoo, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Linder, F. 1941. Contributions to the morphology and taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Anostraca. Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 20: 101-303 [269-270]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Yass area, NSW, Paroo (Henry, 1924; Timms & Sanders 2002), south-west Qld (Timms & Sanders 2002); middle WA (Milner,1927; Geddes 1981; Timms 2004: fig. 4).
IBRA
NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
- 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 [283-285 fig. 16a-e]
Linder, F. 1941. Contributions to the morphology and taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Anostraca. Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 20: 101-303 [269-270]
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 [78]
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. [60, fig. 79] (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
Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323 [318] (as Chirocephalus sp.)
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