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Branchinella lithaca

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Branchinella lithaca
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B. lithaca
Binomial name
Branchinella lithaca
(Creaser, 1940)

Branchinella lithaca, the Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, is a species of crustacean in the family Thamnocephalidae. It was collected on Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia in 1940, and has not been seen since.[2] It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Branchinella lithaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3055A9562364. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3055A9562364.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ralph W. Dexter (1953). "Studies on North American fairy shrimps with the description of two new species". American Midland Naturalist. 49 (3): 751–771. doi:10.2307/2485207. JSTOR 2485207.