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Dexteria floridana (Florida fairy shrimp)

Synonyms: Eubranchipus floridanus; Eubranchipus floridianus

Wikipedia Abstract

Dexteria floridana was a species of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae, the only species in the genus Dexteria. It was endemic to Florida, where it was known from a single pool, south of Gainesville. It was originally described by Ralph W. Dexter in 1953 as a species of Eubranchipus. The species was declared extinct on October 5, 2011.
View Wikipedia Record: Dexteria floridana

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dexteria floridana

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Citations

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0