beaver-tail fairy shrimp

Thamnocephalus platyurus

Classification

Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae

Thamnocephalus is a genus of fairy shrimp within the family Thamnocephalidae. There are currently 5 species assigned to the genus, along with 2 subgenera.

Distribution

beaver-tail fairy shrimp — (c) Bob Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 12Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bob Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionThamnocephalus, Wikipedia contributors

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