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Branchinecta campestris

Branchinecta campestris

Lynch, 1960

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Comments. Lynch (1960), Eriksen and Belk (1999) and Rogers (2006) reported this species from Washington, Oregon and California. It is limited to one locality each in Oregon and California. The Oregon locality is Lake Abert (Fugate 1992), and we were unable to confirm the population by wet or dry sampling. Lynch (1960) reported this species (as defined by Rogers, 2006) from ten localities in Washington, eight of which were destroyed by the construction of permanent reservoirs. We found this species in three new localities in Washington, and have not attempted to verify the remaining two localities (Hot Lake and Soap lake, Okanogan Co., WA) reported by Lynch. The single California locality (Soda Lake) is currently protected (Eriksen and Belk 1999). B. campestris meets the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) red list criteria for designation as a VU D 2 species (IUCN 2000, Rogers 2006).
Rogers, D. Christopher, Hill, Matthew A. (2013): Annotated Checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA, with the “ rediscovery ” of a new species of Branchinecta (Anostraca: Branchinectidae). Zootaxa 3694 (3): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.3.5

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AnimaliaArthropodaBranchiopodaAnostracaBranchinectidaeBranchinectaBranchinecta campestris

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Annotated Checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA, with the “ rediscovery ” of a new species of Branchinecta (Anostraca: Branchinectidae)

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Rogers, D. Christopher, Hill, Matthew A. (2013): Annotated Checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA, with the “ rediscovery ” of a new species of Branchinecta (Anostraca: Branchinectidae). Zootaxa 3694 (3): 249-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.3.5

Abstract

We present a checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA. New distributional records are presented for most species, including the first records of Branchinecta constricta Rogers, 2006 and Lepidurus cryptus Rogers, 2001 from Idaho, the first record of B. oriena Belk & Rogers 2002 from Oregon, the first record of B. mackini Dexter, 1956 and Artemia franciscana Kellogg, 1906 co-occurring, and the first record of L. cryptus from Washington. Furthermore, we present the first record of Eulimnadia diversa Mattox, 1937 from west of the continental divide, which we interpret as an accidental introduction. In 1959, Lynch collected a new fairy shrimp species from Washington, deposited that material in the US National Museum, labeled “muddy fairy shrimp, Branchinecta lutulenta ”, but never described it. Numerous efforts have been made to rediscover extant populations since 1999. We rediscovered this species in 2011, from two small pools from the vicinity of Lynch’s original collection site, which appears to have been destroyed. Branchinecta lutulenta sp. nov. is most closely related to B. lindahli Packard, 1883 and B. oterosanvicentei Obregón-Barboza et al., 2002. Branchinecta lutulenta sp. nov. is readily separable from all other Branchinecta species by the form of the male second antennal distal antennomere and the ornamentation of the female dorsum.

Key words: Branchinecta lutulenta sp. nov., Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Insular Endemic Species

Rogers D C, Hill M A, plazi (2013). Annotated Checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA, with the “ rediscovery ” of a new species of Branchinecta (Anostraca: Branchinectidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3694.3.5 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2013View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119574163
Dataset Key
2659f6ab-ff8f-42ec-be88-b1a683b7e8a3
Origin
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Backbone Key
2235376
Taxon ID
FB7FA973590AFFA556C1F9273CBFB2D6.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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