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alkali fairy shrimp
Branchinecta mackini
Classification
- Class
- Branchiopoda
- Order
- Anostraca
- Family
- Branchinectidae
Branchinecta is a genus of fairy shrimp in family Branchinectidae. It includes around 50 species, found on all continents except Australia. Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, is the largest species in the order, with a length of up to 10 centimetres (4 in), and Branchinecta brushi lives at the highest altitude of any crustacean, at 5,930 metres (19,460 ft), a record it shares with the copepod Boeckella palustris.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 3United States of America · 3
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