Species Branchinella halsei Timms, 2002

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• Branchinella halsei 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 [78-80 fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM C24872, Boolan Pool on Cardabia Ck, 48 km north of Carnarvon, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM C24873 (as allotype); WAM C24874.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western WA (Timms, 2002: fig. 2).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Presumedly a filter feeder; generally in turbid water (Timms 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)

 

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