Two new species of fairy shrimp Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae: Branchinella) from the Paroo, inland Australia

Abstract

Two new species of fairy shrimp, Branchinella budjiti and B. campbelli, are described from intermittent wetlands in northwestern NSW. Both have very distinctive frontal appendages, second antennae and other features that defy classification into established groups within the genus. TIMMS, BRIAN V., 2001. Two new species of fairy shrimp (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae: Branchinella) from the Paroo, inland Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 53(2): 247-254.