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{{Short description|Family of fairy shrimps}}
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| name = Thamnocephalidae
| image = Thamnocephalus venezuelensis.jpg
| image = Thamnocephalus venezuelensis.jpg
| image_caption = Male ''[[Thamnocephalus venezuelensis]]''
| image_caption = Male ''[[Thamnocephalus venezuelensis]]''
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| taxon = Thamnocephalidae
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| authority = [[Alpheus Spring Packard|Packard]], 1883&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=83747 |taxon=Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883 |accessdate=May 21, 2011}}</ref>
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
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| classis = [[Branchiopoda]]
| ordo = [[Fairy shrimp|Anostraca]]
| familia = '''Thamnocephalidae'''
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| familia_authority = Packard, 1883&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS|ID=83747|taxon=Thamnocephalidae}}</ref>
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'''Thamnocephalidae''' is a family of [[crustacean]]s with widespread world distribution including Western [[Australia]] and [[Southern Africa]], notably the [[Makgadikgadi Pan]] of [[Botswana]]. A species within this family, ''[[Branchinella spinosa]]'', is found in the seasonal lake bed of the [[Nwetwe Pan]] in Botswana.<ref>{{cite web |author=C. Michael Hogan |year=2008 |title=Makgadikgadi |work=The Megalithic Portal |editor=A. Burnham |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=22373&mode=&order=0 |accessdate=May 16, 2010}}</ref> Six genera are recognised, in two subfamilies:<ref>{{cite journal |author=D. Christopher Rogers |year=2006 |title=A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) |journal=[[Zootaxa]] |volume=1260 |pages=1–25 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01260p025f.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>
'''Thamnocephalidae''' is a family of [[anostraca]]n [[branchiopoda|branchiopod]] [[crustacean]]s with wide distribution including [[Western Australia]], [[Southern Africa]] and [[South America]]. It was originally described as a subfamily of [[Branchipodidae]] by [[Alpheus Spring Packard]] in 1883, and elevated to the rank of [[family (biology)|family]] by Simon in 1886.<ref name="Rogers"/> Six genera are recognised, in two subfamilies:<ref name="Rogers">{{cite journal |author=D. Christopher Rogers |year=2006 |title=A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) |journal=[[Zootaxa]] |volume=1260 |pages=1–25 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01260p025f.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>
;Thamnocephalinae
;Thamnocephalinae
*''[[Thamnocephalus]]'' <small>Packard, 1879</small>
*''[[Thamnocephalus]]'' <small>Packard, 1879</small>
*''[[Carinophallus]]'' <small>Roger, 2006</small>
*''[[Carinophallus]]'' <small>Rogers, 2006</small>
;Branchinellinae
;Branchinellinae
*''[[Dendrocephalus]]'' <small>Daday, 1908</small>
*''[[Dendrocephalus]]'' <small>Daday, 1908</small>
*''[[Phallocryptus]]'' <small>Birabén, 1951</small>
*''[[Phallocryptus]]'' <small>Birabén, 1951</small>
*''[[Spiralifrons]]'' <small>Dixon, 2010</small><ref>{{cite journal |author=Christopher J. Dixon |year=2010 |title=''Spiralifrons'', replacement name for ''Gurneya'' Brtek, 1996 (Branchiopoda, Thamnocephalidae), junior homonym of ''Gurneya'' Roth, 1974 (Insecta, Blattaria) |journal=[[Crustaceana]] |volume=83 |issue=10 |pages=1279–1280 |doi=10.1163/001121610X526960}}</ref>
*''[[Gurneya]]'' <small>Brtek, 1996</small>
*''[[Branchinella]]'' <small>Sayce, 1903</small>
*''[[Branchinella]]'' <small>Sayce, 1903</small>


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[[Category:Branchiopoda]]
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 2 January 2024

Thamnocephalidae
Male Thamnocephalus venezuelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Suborder: Anostracina
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Packard, 1883 [1]

Thamnocephalidae is a family of anostracan branchiopod crustaceans with wide distribution including Western Australia, Southern Africa and South America. It was originally described as a subfamily of Branchipodidae by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1883, and elevated to the rank of family by Simon in 1886.[2] Six genera are recognised, in two subfamilies:[2]

Thamnocephalinae
Branchinellinae

References[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Thamnocephalidae.
  1. ^ "Thamnocephalidae Packard, 1883". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  2. ^ a b D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1260: 1–25.
  3. ^ Christopher J. Dixon (2010). "Spiralifrons, replacement name for Gurneya Brtek, 1996 (Branchiopoda, Thamnocephalidae), junior homonym of Gurneya Roth, 1974 (Insecta, Blattaria)". Crustaceana. 83 (10): 1279–1280. doi:10.1163/001121610X526960.


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