Branchinecta gaini: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Branchiopoda
- Order
- Anostraca
- Family
- Branchinectidae
- Genus
- Branchinecta
- Species
- Branchinecta gaini
- Scientific Name
- Branchinecta gaini
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Branchinecta gaini
Branchinecta gaini is a species of fairy shrimp from Antarctica and Patagonia. It is the largest freshwater invertebrate in Antarctica, at 16 mm (0.63 in) long. It lives on bacteria and other organisms, surviving the winter as resting eggs.
...Branchinecta gaini in languages:
- English
- Antarctic Fairy Shrimp
- English
- Epibenthic Fairy Shrimp
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Branchinecta belki
- Branchinecta campestris
- Branchinecta coloradensis
- Branchinecta conservatio
- Branchinecta constricta
- Branchinecta cornigera
- Branchinecta dissimilis
- Branchinecta ferox
- Branchinecta gaini
- Branchinecta gigas
- Branchinecta hiberna
- Branchinecta iheringi
- Branchinecta kaibabensis
- Branchinecta lateralis
- Branchinecta lindahli
- Branchinecta longiantenna
- Branchinecta lutulenta
- Branchinecta lynchi
- Branchinecta mackini
- Branchinecta mesovallensis
- Branchinecta mexicana
- Branchinecta minuta
- Branchinecta oriena
- Branchinecta orientalis
- Branchinecta packardi
- Branchinecta paludosa
- Branchinecta potassa
- Branchinecta raptor
- Branchinecta readingi
- Branchinecta sandiegonensis
- Branchinecta serrata
- Branchinecta valchetana