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Giant Fairy Shrimp

Branchinecta gigas

Classification

Branchinecta gigas is a species of fairy shrimp that lives in western Canada and the United States. It is the largest species of fairy shrimp, growing up to 86 mm (3. 4 in) long.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matt Berger · CC-BYDescriptionBranchinecta gigas, Wikipedia contributors

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