Branchinella lithaca

Branchinella lithaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Branchinella
Species: B. lithaca
Binomial name
Branchinella lithaca
(Creaser, 1940)

Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was collected on Stone Mountain, De Kalb County, Georgia in 1940, and has not been seen since.[1] It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[2]

References

  1. Ralph W. Dexter (1953). "Studies on North American fairy shrimps with the description of two new species". American Midland Naturalist 49 (3): 751–771. JSTOR 2485207.
  2. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella lithaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
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