Archaebranchinecta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Classis: Branchiopoda
Superordo: Sarsostraca
Ordo: Anostraca
Subordo: Anostracina

Familia: Branchinectidae
Genus: Archaebranchinecta
Species: A. pollicifera – ?†A. barstowensis
Name

Archaebranchinecta Rogers & Coronel, 2011
Authority for current placement: original
undisputed by all subsequent authorities
Gender: masculine[?]
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1941
Fixation: monotypy [Branchinecta barstowensis Belk & Schram, 2001 was also originally included, but with some doubt, i.e. 'Unfortunately, no specimens of B. barstowensis have been found with the genital segments and gonopods intact. However, the second antennal characters used by Belk and Schram (2001) to link B. barstowensis to the genus Branchinecta are limited to B. barstowensis and B. pollicifera. Therefore, we surmise that both species are congeneric and we hope that future B. barstowensis gonopod morphology data will be found that will further support this conclusion']

References
Primary references

Rogers, D.C.; Coronel, J.S. 2011: A redescription of Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940, and its placement in a new genus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae). Journal of crustacean biology, 31(4): 717–724. DOI: 10.1651/10-3449.1 [718, original description]

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