AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
⌕
Checklist for Suborder Anostracina Weekers, Murugan, Vanfleteren, Belk & Dumont, 2002
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Branchiopoda
Latreille, 1817
Branchiopods, Brine shrimps, Daphnia, Phyllopods
26
84
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Sarsostraca
Tasch, 1969
6
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Anostraca
G. O. Sars, 1867
Anostracans, Brine shrimp, Brine Shrimps, Fairy shrimp
5
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Anostracina
Weekers, Murugan, Vanfleteren, Belk & Dumont, 2002
4
5
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
4 Families width 9 Species
Branchinectidae Daday, 1910Branchinectid brine shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Thamnocephalidae Packard, 18830SpeciesTaxom
Chirocephalidae Daday de Dées, 1910Chirocephalid brine shrimp6SpeciesTaxom
Tanymastigidae Brtek, 19721SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
5 Genera with 9 Species
Branchinecta Verrill, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Branchinella Sayce, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Chirocephalus Desmarest, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Eubranchipus Verrill, 18695SpeciesTaxom
Tanymastix Simon, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
9 Species
Branchinecta campestris Lynch, 1960Pocket-pouch fairy shrimp
Branchinecta ferox M. Milne-Edw..., 1840
Chirocephalus diaphanus Prévost, 1803Fairy Shrimp
Eubranchipus bundyi Forbes, 1876Knob-lip fairy shrimp
Eubranchipus holmanii Ryder, 1879Holman fairy shrimp
Eubranchipus intricatus Hartland-Rowe, 1967Smooth-lipped fairy shrimp
Eubranchipus oregonus Creaser, 1930Oregon fairy shrimp
Eubranchipus vernalis Verrill, 1869Eastern fairy shrimp
Tanymastix stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Anostracina with occurrences in British Isles
FamilyBranchinectidae
Daday, 1910
Branchinectid brine shrimp
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyChirocephalidae
Daday de Dées, 1910
Chirocephalid brine shrimp
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyStreptocephalidae
Daday, 1910
Streptocephalid brine shrimp
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTanymastigidae
Brtek, 1972
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyThamnocephalidae
Packard, 1883
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Anostracina at itis.gov
Anostracina at marinespecies.org