Linderiella is a genus of fairy shrimp, previously placed in its own family, Linderiellidae, but now usually considered part of the Chirocephalidae. It comprises five species – Linderiella occidentalis and L. santarosae from California, L. africana from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, L. massaliensis from southeastern France and L. baetica from southern Spain.[1]
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| Linderiella occidentalis (C) and the egg of Linderiella santarosae (D) compared to Lepidocaris rhyniensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Chirocephalidae |
| Genus: | Linderiella Brtek, 1964 |
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References
edit- ^ Miguel Alonso & Juan Garcia-de-Lomas (2009). "Systematics and ecology of Linderiella baetica n. sp. (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Chirocephalidae), a new species from southern Spain" (PDF). Zoosystema. 31 (4): 807–827. doi:10.5252/z2009n4a4. S2CID 84243890. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15.
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