Branchinecta sandiegonensis

Branchinecta sandiegonensis
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Family:	Branchinectidae
Genus:	Branchinecta
Species:	B. sandiegonensis
Binomial name
Branchinecta sandiegonensis Fugate, 1993

Branchinecta sandiegonensis is a rare species of crustacean in the family Branchinectidae and the order Anostraca, the fairy shrimp. Its common name is San Diego fairy shrimp. It is native to southern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

This fairy shrimp is 8 to 16 millimeters in length.

This organism occurs between Santa Barbara, California, and northwestern Baja California, with its distribution centered in San Diego County, California. It lives in vernal pool habitat. It has been identified at 137 vernal pool complexes, many of which have since been extirpated. Others, however, have been restored and preserved, and the shrimp has been reintroduced into appropriate pool habitat.

External links

• IUCN Red List: Branchinecta sandiegonensis — Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group, 1996..
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — all species

• USFWS. San Diego Fairy Shrimp Five-year Review. September 30, 2008.
• Fugate, M. (1993). Branchinecta sandiegonensis, a new species of fairy shrimp (Crustacea: Anostroca) from Western North America. Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington 106 296-304.