Branchinecta gigas

Tags: Crustacean.

Branchinecta gigas is a species of fairy shrimp that lives in western Canada and the United States. It is the largest species of fairy shrimp growing up to 86 mm (3.4 in) long. It lives in turbid hyposaline waters and hunts smaller fairy shrimp by feel.

class: Branchiopoda
conservation status: LC
conservation status system: iucn2.3
family: Branchinectidae
genus: Branchinecta
kingdom: Animal
order: Anostraca
phylum: Arthropod, Crustacean

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