Species Branchinella nichollsi Linder, 1941
- Branchinella nichollsi Linder, F. 1941. Contributions to the morphology and taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Anostraca. Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 20: 101-303 [249-251 fig. 33].
Type data:
Holotype WAM (probably lost, there is no holotype in the WAM: Jones (1986) states 'Linder (1941: 249) states that the male holotype was also deposited in the WAM'; however, there is no record of this in the registers and the holotype has not been located in the collections), Lake Gidgi (alias Gidgee) near Kalgoorlie.
Paratype(s) WAM C8029; ZMU 659.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Kalgoorlie area, WA (Timms 2004).
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
Presumably a filter feeder; while it occurs in salt lakes, it sems to be present only during hyposaline to almost fresh stages of infilling (Timms 2004; Chapman & Timms 2004).
General References
Belk, D. & J. Brtek, J. 1995. Checklist of the Anostraca. Hydrobiologia 298: 315-353 (restored to full species status, but no supporting evidence given)
Chapman, A. & Timms, B.V. 2004. Waterfowl usage of Lake Arrow, and arid zone wetland in the eastern Goldfields of Western Australia, following cyclonic rain. Australian Field Ornithology 21: 107-114
Geddes, M.C. 1981. Revision of Australian species of Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 253-295 (revised status as nominate subspecies)
Jones, D.S. 1986. A catalogue of type specimens of Crustacea in the Western Australian Museum, Perth. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 1-46
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. 2005. Two new species of Branchinella ( Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) and a reappraisal of the Branchinella nichollsi group. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 441-452 (confirmed full species status, presenting supporting evidence)
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