Linderiella

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Linderiella
Lepidocaris vs Linderiella.PNG
Linderiella occidentalis (C) and the egg of Linderiella santarosae (D) compared to Lepidocaris rhyniensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Subclass: Sarsostraca
Order: Anostraca
Family: Chirocephalidae
Genus: Linderiella
Brtek, 1964
Species

Linderiella is a genus of fairy shrimp, previously placed in its own family, Linderiellidae, but now usually considered part of the Chirocephalidae. It comprises five species – Linderiella occidentalis and L. santarosae from California, L. africana from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, L. massaliensis from southeastern France and L. baetica from southern Spain.[1]

References

  1. ^ Miguel Alonso & Juan Garcia-de-Lomas (2009). "Systematics and ecology of Linderiella baetica n. sp. (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Chirocephalidae), a new species from southern Spain" (PDF). Zoosystema. 31 (4): 807–827. doi:10.5252/z2009n4a4. S2CID 84243890. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15.

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