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  Family Branchinectidae

Genus Branchinecta

    Species B. campestris -- North America.
    Species B. coloradensis -- North America.
    Species B. conservatio -- North America.
    Species B. constricta -- North America.
    Species B. cornigera -- North America.
    Species B. dissimilis -- North America.
    Species B. gigas -- North America.
    Species B. hiberna -- North America.
    Species B. kaibabensis -- North America.
    Species B. lateralis -- North America.
    Species B. lindahli -- North America.
    Species B. longiantenna -- North America.
    Species B. lynchi -- North America.
    Species B. mackini -- North America.
    Species B. mesovallensis -- North America.
    Species B. oriena -- North America.
    Species B. packardi -- North America.
    Species B. paludosa -- North America.
    Species B. potassa -- North America.
    Species B. raptor -- North America.
    Species B. achalensis
    Species B. belki
    Species B. ferox
    Species B. gaini
    Species B. granulosa
    Species B. iheringi
    Species B. leonensis
    Species B. mexicana
    Species B. minuta
    Species B. orientalis
    Species B. oterosanvicentei
    Species B. palustris
    Species B. papillosa
    Species B. pollicifera
    Species B. prima
    Species B. readingi
    Species B. rocaensis
    Species B. sandiegonensis
    Species B. somuncurensis
    Species B. tarensis
    Species B. tolli
    Species B. valchetana
    Species B. vuriloche

Taxon Information

The Genus Branchinecta has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Branchinecta, about 14 species in the western [United States] (Smith, 2001).
• Branchinecta, (Dexter, 1959).

Bibliography

• Smith, D.G. 2001. Phyllopodous Branchiopoda (fairy, tadpole, and clam shrimps). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 427-452.
• Dexter, R.W. 1959. Anostraca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 558-576.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• NatureServe Explorer