The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Anostraca

(Fairy Shrimp)

STREPTOCEPHALIDAE

Streptocephalus texana Packard

Great Plains Fairy Shrimp

 

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Distribution Citations

[1920 Dodds]

1950 Moore
[1953 Dexter]
[1959 Dexter]

[1966 Moore]
1967 Sublette & Sublette

 

1971 Horne
1974 Horne
[1975 Belk]
1975 Longley

1988 Martin & Belk

1998 Moorhead Hall Willig

[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-tolerant of high turbidities (Mackin 1942)

-drought resistant (Moorhead, Hall & Willig 1998)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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