Branchinecta

Branchinecta is a genus of fairy shrimp in family Branchinectidae. It includes around 50 species, found on all continents except Australia. Branchinecta gigas, the giant fairy shrimp, is the largest species in the order, with a length of up to , and Branchinecta brushi lives at the highest altitude of any crustacean, at , a record it shares with the copepod Boeckella palustris. A new genus, Archaebranchinecta was established in 2011 for two species previously placed in Branchinecta.

== Species == Branchinecta achalensis Cesar, 1985 Branchinecta belki Maeda-Martínez, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1992 24px|CR Branchinecta brushi Hegna & Lazo-Wasem, 2010 Branchinecta campestris Lynch, 1960 – pocket-pouch fairy shrimp Branchinecta coloradensis Packard, 1874 – Colorado fairy shrimp Branchinecta constricta Rogers, 2006 Branchinecta conservatio Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 24px|EN – conservancy fairy shrimp Branchinecta cornigera Lynch, 1958 – horned fairy shrimp Branchinecta dissimilis Lynch, 1972 – Great Basin fairy shrimp Branchinecta ferox (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840) Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910 Branchinecta gigas Lynch, 1937 24px|LC – giant fairy shrimp Branchinecta granulosa Daday, 1902 Branchinecta hiberna Rogers & Fugate, 2001 – winter fairy shrimp Branchinecta iheringi Lilljeborg, 1889 Branchinecta kaibabensis Belk & Fugate, 2000 – Kaibab fairy shrimp Branchinecta lateralis Rogers, 2006 Branchinecta leonensis Cesar, 1985 Branchinecta lindahli Packard, 1883 – versatile fairy shrimp Branchinecta longiantenna Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 24px|EN – longhorn fairy shrimp Branchinecta lynchi Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 24px|VU – vernal pool fairy shrimp Branchinecta mackini Dexter, 1956 – alkali fairy shrimp Branchinecta mediospina Rogers, Dasis & Murrow, 2011 Branchinecta mesovallensis Belk & Fugate, 2000 – mid-valley fairy shrimp Branchinecta mexicana Maeda-Martínez, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1992 24px|CR Branchinecta minuta Smirnov, 1948 Branchinecta oriena Belk & Rogers, 2002 Branchinecta orientalis G. O. Sars, 1901 Branchinecta oterosanvicentei Obregón-Barboza, et al., 2002 Branchinecta packardi Pearse, 1912 – Packard fairy shrimp Branchinecta paludosa (O. F. Müller, 1788) – circumpolar fairy shrimp Branchinecta palustris Birabén, 1946 Branchinecta papillosa Birabén, 1946 Branchinecta potassa Belk, 1979 – Nebraska fairy shrimp Branchinecta prima Cohen, 1983 Branchinecta raptor Rogers, Quinney, Weaver, and Olesen 2006 Branchinecta readingi Belk, 2000 – Reading fairy shrimp Branchinecta rocaensis Cohen, 1982 Branchinecta sandiegonensis Fugate, 1993 24px|EN – San Diego fairy shrimp Branchinecta serrata Rogers, 2006 Branchinecta somuncurensis Cohen, 1983 Branchinecta tarensis Birabén, 1946 Branchinecta tolli (G. O. Sars, 1897) Branchinecta valchetana Cohen, 1981 Branchinecta vuriloche Cohen, 1985