Branchinella lithaca
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Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean
in the family Thamnocephalidae
. It is endemic to the United States
.
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
in the family Thamnocephalidae
Thamnocephalidae
Thamnocephalidae is a family of crustaceans with wide distribution including Western Australia and Southern Africa. It was originally described as a subfamily of Branchipodidae by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1883, and elevated to the rank of family by Simon in 1886...
. It is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Source
- Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group 1996. Branchinella lithaca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 August 2007.