Tags: Crustacean.
The conservancy fairy shrimp Branchinecta conservatio is a small crustacean in the family Branchinectidae. It ranges in size from about 1.25 centimetres (0.49 in) to 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) long. Fairy shrimp are aquatic species in the order Anostraca. They have delicate elongate bodies large stalked compound eyes no carapaces and eleven pairs of swimming legs.