California Linderiella

Linderiella occidentalis

Classification

Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Chirocephalidae

Linderiella occidentalis (the California fairy shrimp or California linderiella) is a species of fairy shrimp native to California. It is a small (about 1 cm long) crustacean in the family Chirocephalidae. It has a delicate elongated body, large stalked compound eyes, no carapace, and eleven pairs of swimming legs.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 41

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionLinderiella occidentalis, Wikipedia contributors

California Linderiella

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