Dexteria
| Dexteria floridana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Chirocephalidae |
| Genus: | Dexteria Brtek, 1965 [2] |
| Species: | D. floridana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dexteria floridana (Dexter, 1953) [2] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Eubranchipus floridana Dexter, 1953 | |
Dexteria floridana was a species of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae, the only species in the genus Dexteria.[3] It was endemic to Florida, where it was known from a single pool, south of Gainesville.[4] It was originally described by Ralph W. Dexter in 1953 as a species of Eubranchipus.[3] The species was declared extinct on October 5, 2011.[4]
References
- ↑ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Dexteria floridana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- 1 2 "Dexteria Brtek, 1965". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- 1 2 D. Christopher Rogers (2002). "A morphological re-evaluation of the anostracan families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae, with a redescription of the linderiellid Dexteria floridana (Dexter 1956) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda)". Hydrobiologia 486 (1): 57–61. doi:10.1023/A:1021326129460.
- 1 2 "Two Florida species declared extinct: endangered species review too late to save South Florida rainbow snake, Florida fairy shrimp". Center for Biological Diversity. October 5, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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