Australian Museum Journal Two new species of fairy shrimp Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae: Branchinella) from the Paroo, inland Australia
- Shortform:
- Timms, 2001, Rec. Aust. Mus. 53(3): 247–254
- Author(s):
- Timms, Brian V.
- Year published:
- 2001
- Title:
- Two new species of fairy shrimp Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae: Branchinella) from the Paroo, inland Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 53
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 247
- End page:
- 254
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.53.2001.1331
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 12 December 2001
- Cover date:
- 12 December 2001
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: ANOSTRACA
- Digitized:
- 12 September 2001
- Available online:
- 12 September 2001
- Reference number:
- 1331
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (12kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (87kb PDF)
Abstract
Two new species of fairy shrimp, Branchinella budjiti and B. campbelli, are described from intermittent wetlands in northwestern NSW. Both have very distinctive frontal appendages, second antennae and other features that defy classification into established groups within the genus.