Branchinecta paludosa is a species of fairy shrimp with a Holarctic distribution.[1]
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| Illustration from Fauna Norvegiae by Georg Ossian Sars (1896) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Branchinectidae |
| Genus: | Branchinecta |
| Species: | B. paludosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Branchinecta paludosa (O. F. Müller, 1788)
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Distribution
editB. paludosa is widely distributed in the Arctic tundra of Eurasia, chiefly above latitudes of 60° north.[2] It reaches its northern limit, 77° north at Ivanov Bay in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.[3][4] Further populations exist as far south as the Tatra Mountains on the Polish–Slovakian border at about 49° north.[2] There are scattered records from North America, mostly near the Arctic Ocean.[2]
Life cycle
editAfter hatching, young B. paludosa spend 20–30 days as larvae, before reaching sexual maturity between the end of July and middle of August. They are then reproductive for 35–45 days.[4]
References
edit- ^ Elena M. Sayenko & Noboru Minakawa (1999). "Occurrence of two species of crustaceans, Branchinecta paludosa (O. F. Müller, 1788) (Anostraca) and Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793) (Notostraca), on the Kuril Archipelago". Crustaceana. 72 (7): 710–712. doi:10.1163/156854099503744. JSTOR 20106186.
- ^ a b c James F. Saunders III, Denton Belk & Richard Duford (1993). "Persistence of Branchinecta paludosa (Anostraca) in southern Wyoming, with notes on zoogeography" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 13 (1): 184–189. doi:10.2307/1549133. JSTOR 1549133.[permanent dead link]
- ^ D. Dudley Williams (2006). "The biota". The Biology of Temporary Waters. Oxford University Press. pp. 40–120. ISBN 978-0-19-852811-1.
- ^ a b Nicholas V. Vekhoff (1997). M. A. Simovich, C. Sassaman & D. Belk (ed.). "Large branchiopod Crustacea (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata) of the Barents Region of Russia". Hydrobiologia. 359 (1–3): 69–74. doi:10.1023/A:1003116432010. S2CID 31584337.