Tanymastix
| Tanymastix | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Tanymastigidae |
| Genus: | Tanymastix Simon, 1886 |
| Species | |
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Tanymastix is a genus of anostracan crustaceans, characterised by their lenticular (lentil-shaped) eggs.[1] It comprises three species. Tanymastix stagnalis has a wide distribution across Europe and North Africa. T. motasi is endemic to Romania and Macedonia, while T. stellae was endemic to Sardinia.[2] The type locality of T. stellae has since been destroyed and the species is believed to be extinct; reports of T. stellae surviving on Corsica have not been confirmed, despite repeated attempts.[2]
References
- ↑ A. Thiéry & T. Calvière (2004). "Volume 2: fiches espèces". In P. Grillas, P. Gauthier, N. Yavercovski & C. Perennou. Les mares temporaires méditerranéennes (PDF) (in French). Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat. p. 90–92. ISBN 2-910368-49-1.
- 1 2 Valerio Ketmaier, Rita Mandatori, Elvira De Matthaeis & Graziella Mura (2005). "Molecular systematics and phylogeography in the fairy shrimp Tanymastix stagnalis based on mitochondrial DNA". Journal of Zoology 266 (4): 401–410. doi:10.1017/S0952836905007041.
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