Tanymastix stagnalis

Tanymastix stagnalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Tanymastigidae
Genus: Tanymastix
Species:
T. stagnalis
Binomial name
Tanymastix stagnalis
Synonyms
  • Cancer stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Tanymastix lacunae (Guérin, 1829)
  • Gammarus stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Astacus stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Branchipus lacunae (Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
  • Chirocephalus lacunae Frauenfeld, 1873
  • Tanymastix lacunae Daday, 1910

Tanymastix stagnalis is a species of Anostraca (fairy shrimp) that lives in temporary pools across Europe. It may reach up to 2 cm (0.8 in) in some areas and has 11 pairs of bristly, flattened appendages. It swims upside-down and filters food particles from the water. It is the only species of Anostraca in Ireland, having been discovered in Rahasane Turlough in 1974.

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