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Branchinella affinis

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Branchinella affinis is a species in the family Thamnocephalidae, order Anostraca. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about Branchinella affinis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Branchinella affinis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Branchinella affinis is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Branchinella affinis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Branchinella affinis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classBranchiopoda
  4. orderAnostraca
  5. familyThamnocephalidae
  6. genusBranchinella
  7. SpeciesBranchinella affinis Linder, 1941

Synonyms Branchinella affinis var. wonganensis, Branchinella affinis wonganensis, Branchinella clandestina

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Branchinella affinis

Other species in the same genus Branchinella.

Fairy shrimp

Branchinella basispina

ThamnocephalidaeNo free photo yet

Fairy shrimp

Branchinella apophysata

ThamnocephalidaeNo free photo yet

Fairy shrimp

Branchinella denticulata

ThamnocephalidaeNo free photo yet

Brine shrimp

Branchinella simplex

ThamnocephalidaeNo free photo yet

Fairy shrimp

Branchinella wellardi

ThamnocephalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Branchinella affinis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Branchinella affinis for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Branchinella affinis?

Branchinella affinis (Branchinella affinis) belongs to the family Thamnocephalidae in the order Anostraca.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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MLA

“Branchinella affinis (Branchinella affinis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/branchinella-affinis.

BibTeX
@misc{branchinella_affinis_2026,
  title = {Branchinella affinis (Branchinella affinis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/branchinella-affinis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}