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Branchipodidae (Brine shrimp)

Synonyms: Branchipidae (pro parte); Branchipiens; Branchipusidae (pro parte)

Wikipedia Abstract

Branchipodidae is a family of fairy shrimp, one of eight in the order Anostraca. It contains 35 extant species in five extant genera: \n* Branchipodopsis G. O. Sars, 1898 \n* Branchipus Schaeffer, 1766 \n* Metabranchipus Masi, 1925 \n* Pumilibranchipus Hamer & Brendonck, 1995 \n* Rhinobranchipus Brendonck, 1995 One species, Branchipodites vectensis Woodward, 1879, in an extinct genera, is known as a fossil from the Latest Eocene-aged Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls, of the Isle of Wight.
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Genus

Australobranchipus (2)
Branchipodopsis (23)
Branchipus (6)
Metabranchipus (3)
Pumilibranchipus (1)
Rhinobranchipus (1)

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External References

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