Branchinella lithaca
| Branchinella lithaca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Thamnocephalidae |
| Genus: | Branchinella |
| Species: | B. lithaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Branchinella lithaca (Creaser, 1940)
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Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was collected on Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia in 1940, and has not been seen since.[2] It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1]
References
- ^ a b Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella lithaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3055A9562364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3055A9562364.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Ralph W. Dexter (1953). "Studies on North American fairy shrimps with the description of two new species". American Midland Naturalist. 49 (3): 751–771. doi:10.2307/2485207. JSTOR 2485207.