Biology:Thamnocephalidae

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Short description: Family of fairy shrimps

Thamnocephalidae
Thamnocephalus venezuelensis.jpg
Male Thamnocephalus venezuelensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Suborder: Anostracina
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Packard, 1883 [1]

Thamnocephalidae is a family of anostracan branchiopod crustaceans with wide distribution including Western Australia, Southern Africa and South America. It was originally described as a subfamily of Branchipodidae by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1883, and elevated to the rank of family by Simon in 1886.[2] Six genera are recognised, in two subfamilies:[2]

Thamnocephalinae
Branchinellinae

References

  1. "Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=83747. Retrieved May 21, 2011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1260: 1–25. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01260p025f.pdf. 
  3. Christopher J. Dixon (2010). "Spiralifrons, replacement name for Gurneya Brtek, 1996 (Branchiopoda, Thamnocephalidae), junior homonym of Gurneya Roth, 1974 (Insecta, Blattaria)". Crustaceana 83 (10): 1279–1280. doi:10.1163/001121610X526960. 

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