Maxillopod shrimps: Order Anostraca

• Artemiidae (Brine shrimps)
• Branchinectidae
• Branchipodidae (Fairy shrimps)
• Chirocephalidae (Fairy shrimps)
• Parartemiidae
• Streptocephalidae
• Tanymastigidae
• Thamnocephalidae

Family: Artemiidae (Brine shrimps)

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Artemia parthenogenetica

Family: Branchinectidae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Branchinecta gigas

Family: Branchipodidae (Fairy shrimps)

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Branchipodopsis affinis
Branchipus schaefferi
Metabranchipus patrizii
Pumilibranchipus deserti
Rhinobranchipus martensi

Family: Chirocephalidae (Fairy shrimps)

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Artemiopsis steffansoni
Branchinectella media
Chirocephalus croaticus
Eubranchipus oregonus
Linderiella occidentalis
Polyartemia forcipata
Polyartemiella hazeni

Family: Parartemiidae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Parartemia contracta

Family: Streptocephalidae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Streptocephalus torvicornis

Family: Tanymastigidae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Tanymastigites lusitanica
Tanymastix stagnalis

Family: Thamnocephalidae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Branchinella thailandensis
Dendrocephalus geayi
Phallocryptus spinosa
Thamnocephalus venezuelensis

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