Branchinella alachua is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was described in 1953 by Ralph W. Dexter based on material collected in 1947 by I. J. Cantrall; 11 male individuals of the new species were discovered among Cantrall's collection of Streptocephalus seali.[2] B. alachua is only known from the type locality, a temporary pool in Alachua County, Florida, from which its specific epithet derives.[2] It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella alachua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3054A9561542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3054A9561542.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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.
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