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Anostraca

Anostraca is an order in the class Branchiopoda. This database currently files 382 species under it, recorded across 1 countries.

Species filed
382
Threatened
0
Countries recorded
1
With a free photo
0%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Anostraca?

13 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Chirocephalidae

    florida fairy shrimp, fairy shrimp, holman fairy shrimp, intricate fairy shrimp …

    93 species
  2. Thamnocephalidae

    fairy shrimp, fairy shrimp, fairy shrimp, brine shrimp …

    87 species
  3. Streptocephalidae

    riverside fairy shrimp, moore fairy shrimp, spiny-tail fairy shrimp, caribbean fairy shrimp …

    74 species
  4. Branchinectidae

    vernal pool fairy shrimp, circumpolar fairy shrimp, conservancy fairy shrimp, san diego fairy shrimp …

    54 species
  5. Branchipodidae

    mongolian fairy shrimp, wolf's fairy shrimp, rhino fairy shrimp, Australobranchipus gilgaiphila …

    35 species
  6. Parartemiidae

    brine shrimp, Parartemia acidiphila, Parartemia auriciforma, Parartemia bicorna …

    18 species
  7. Tanymastigidae

    fairy shrimp, Tanymastigites brteki, Tanymastigites cyrenaica, Tanymastigites lusitanica …

    9 species
  8. Artemiidae

    sea monkey, mono brine shrimp, urmia brine shrimp, new england brine shrimp …

    7 species
  9. Paleochirocephalidae

    Paleochirocephalus rasnitsyni, Paleochirocephalus vialovi

    2 species
  10. Branchipodites

    Branchipodites vectensis

    1 species
  11. Daohugounaias

    Daohugounaias cheni

    1 species
  12. Haltinnaias

    Haltinnaias serrata

    1 species
  13. Branchiopodidae

    0 species

Best-known members of Anostraca

Ranked by popularity score.

Fairy shrimp

Branchinella basispina

ThamnocephalidaeNo free photo yet

Fairy shrimp

Tanymastix stagnalis

TanymastigidaeNo free photo yet

Where is Anostraca found?

Species on file in this order listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

Australia: 63 species
  • None on record
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66+
species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Australia63

The 200 best-known species in Anostraca

Of 382 on file. Open this list in the browser to filter and sort it

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Sea monkeyArtemia salinaArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fairy shrimpBranchinella basispinaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Vernal pool fairy shrimpBranchinecta lynchiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Circumpolar fairy shrimpBranchinecta paludosaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Florida fairy shrimpDexteria floridanaChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fairy shrimpTanymastix stagnalisTanymastigidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mono brine shrimpArtemia monicaArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Conservancy fairy shrimpBranchinecta conservatioBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
San Diego fairy shrimpBranchinecta sandiegonensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Fairy shrimpBranchinella apophysataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Fairy shrimpBranchinella denticulataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Brine shrimpBranchinella simplexThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Fairy shrimpBranchinella wellardiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Fairy shrimpChirocephalus diaphanusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Giant fairy shrimpBranchinecta gigasBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Longhorn fairy shrimpBranchinecta longiantennaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Riverside fairy shrimpStreptocephalus woottoniStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Antarctic fairy shrimpBranchinecta gainiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Brine shrimpParartemia contractaParartemiidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Moore fairy shrimpStreptocephalus mooreiStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Urmia brine shrimpArtemia urmianaArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Holman fairy shrimpEubranchipus holmaniiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Intricate fairy shrimpEubranchipus intricatusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Eastern fairy shrimpEubranchipus vernalisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
California linderiellaLinderiella occidentalisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Santa rosa linderiellaLinderiella santarosaeChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
New England brine shrimpArtemia gracilisArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Midvalley fairy shrimpBranchinecta mesovallensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Packard fairy shrimpBranchinecta packardiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Knob-lip fairy shrimpEubranchipus bundyiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Oregon fairy shrimpEubranchipus oregonusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ethologist fairy shrimpEubranchipus serratusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Spiny-tail fairy shrimpStreptocephalus sealiiStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Caribbean fairy shrimpStreptocephalus similisStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mexican Beavertail fairy shrimpThamnocephalus mexicanusThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nearctic artemiopsisArtemiopsis stefanssoniChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pocket pouch fairy shrimpBranchinecta campestrisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Colorado fairy shrimpBranchinecta coloradensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Horned fairy shrimpBranchinecta cornigeraBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Great Basin fairy shrimpBranchinecta dissimilisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Winter fairy shrimpBranchinecta hibernaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Kaibab fairy shrimpBranchinecta kaibabensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Versatile fairy shrimpBranchinecta lindahliBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Alkali fairy shrimpBranchinecta mackiniBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Nebraska fairy shrimpBranchinecta potassaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Reading fairy shrimpBranchinecta readingiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mongolian fairy shrimpBranchipodopsis affinisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Wolf's fairy shrimpBranchipodopsis wolfiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Moore eubranchipusEubranchipus mooreiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Neglected fairy shrimpEubranchipus neglectusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Ornate fairy shrimpEubranchipus ornatusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Arctic fairy shrimpPolyartemiella hazeniChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Pribloff fairy shrimpPolyartemiella judayiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Rhino fairy shrimpRhinobranchipus martensiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Desert fairy shrimpStreptocephalus dorothaeStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Linder fairy shrimpStreptocephalus linderiStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mackin fairy shrimpStreptocephalus mackiniStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Mattox fairy shrimpStreptocephalus mattoxiStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Purcell's fairy shrimpStreptocephalus purcelliStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Great plains fairy shrimpStreptocephalus texanusStreptocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Beavertail fairy shrimpThamnocephalus platyurusThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAeginecta longicaudaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArchaebranchinecta aimaraBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArchaebranchinecta barstowensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArchaebranchinecta polliciferaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArtemia persimilisArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArtemia populationsArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArtemia sinicaArtemiidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArtemiopsis bungeiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedArtemiopsis plovmorniniChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedAustralobranchipus gilgaiphilaBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedAustralobranchipus parooensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinecta achalensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta barstowensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta belkiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta brushiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta constrictaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta feroxBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta ferrolimnetaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta fueguinaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta granulosaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta iheringiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta lateralisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta leonensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta lutulentaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta mediospinosaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta mexicanaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta minutaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta orienaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta orientalisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta oterosanvicenteiBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta palustrisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta papillataBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta papillosaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta piruaeBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta primaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta raptorBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta rocaensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta serrataBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta somuncurensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta tarensisBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta tolliBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta valchetanaBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinecta vurilocheBranchinectidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinectella mediaChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella affinisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella anatinorhynchaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella angelicaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella arboreaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella australiensisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella buchananensisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella budjitiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella campbelliThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella compactaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella complexidigitataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella dubiaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella erosaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella frondosaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella halseiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella hattahensisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella hearniiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella herrodiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella insularisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella kadjikadjiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella lamellataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella latziThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella longirostrisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella lyriferaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella mcraeaeThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella minminaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella multidigitataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella nanaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella nichollsiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella occidentalisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella papillataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella pinderiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella pinnataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella proboscidaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella rosalieaeThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella tyleriThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella vosperiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedBranchinella chudeauiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella hardingiThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella kugenumaensisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella maduraiensisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella ondonguaeThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella thailandensisThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchinella probiscidaThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodites vectensisNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis abiadiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis barnardiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis browniBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis buettikeriBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis candeaBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis dayaeBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis drakensbergensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis drepaneBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis hodgsoniBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis hutchinsoniBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis kalaharensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis kaokoensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis karroensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis natalensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis relictusBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis scambusBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis simplexBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis transversusBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis tridensBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipodopsis underbergensisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipus blanchardiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipus cortesiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipus intermediusBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipus laevicornisBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipus pasaiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedBranchipus schaefferiBranchipodidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCarinophallus ornataThamnocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus algeriensisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus algidusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus anatolicusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus appendicularisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus baikalensisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus bairdiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus bobrinskiiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus brevipalpisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus brtekiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus carnuntanusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus chyzeriChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus croaticusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus cupreusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus festaeChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus gobisteppensisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus graziellaeChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus hardingiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus horribilisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus jaxartensisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus josephinaeChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus kerkyrensisChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus ludmilaeChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus marchesoniiChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedChirocephalus mongolianusChirocephalidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded