Branchinella sp. from a rice paddy in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Branchiopoda
Order:
Anostraca
Family:
Thamnocephalidae
Genus:
Branchinella
Sayce, 1903
Type species
Branchipus australiensis
Richters, 1976 [1]
Branchinella is a genus of crustaceans in the family Thamnocephalidae. This fairy shrimp genus is found across many parts of the world, but especially western Australia and southern Africa.[2]
Several species have small ranges and are threatened by habitat destruction. For example, B. latzi is only known from south Northern Territory and southwest Queensland,[3] but it has been extirpated from the Uluru region due to pollution from urine and faeces of tourists.[4]
The species Branchinella kugenumaensis are known as "Honen shrimp" (ホウネンエビ) in Japan, and are commonly found in rice fields during the early summer.[5][6]
^Brian V. Timms (2008). "Further studies on the fairy shrimp genus Branchinella (Crustacea, Anostraca, Thamnocephalidae) in Western Australia, with descriptions of new species" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 24 (3): 289–306. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.24(3).2008.267-306.
^Brian V. Timms (2003). "The fairy shrimp genus Branchinella Sayce (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Western Australia, including a description of four new species". Hydrobiologia. 486 (1): 71–89. doi:10.1023/A:1021330230369. S2CID 38120045.
^"Species Branchinella latzi Geddes, 1981". Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^Tlozek, E. (29 September 2009). "Tourist poo 'killed rare shrimp' on Uluru". ABC News. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
^"Honen shrimp [Creatures in rice fields] 23 days after water enters". 24 May 2022. YouTube video name: 'Honen shrimp [Creatures in rice fields] 23 days after water enters'{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^Yasui, Yukio (17 January 2022). "Life-history traits of the fairy shrimp Branchinella kugenumaensis are highly variable between neighboring rice paddies in Japan". Ecological Research. 37 (3): 344–354. doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12296. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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