Eulimnadia texana: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Branchiopoda
Order
Spinicaudata
Family
Limnadiidae
Genus
Eulimnadia
Species
Eulimnadia texana
Scientific Name
Eulimnadia texana

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Eulimnadia texana

Eulimnadia texana, the Texas clam shrimp or desert shrimp, is a species belonging to the Limnadiidae family.

It is endemic to North America. It is an arid land specialist, living for many years as a cyst and bursting into life at the arrival of rains, maturing rapidly in temporary pools and producing eggs that can remain dormant until the next rains occur, perhaps in many years time.

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