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Eubranchipus neglectus

Garman, 1926

Neglected Fairy Shrimp

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.120700

Element CodeICBRA01010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassBranchiopoda

OrderAnostraca

FamilyChirocephalidae

GenusEubranchipus

Concept Reference

Belk, D., G. Mura, and S. C. Weeks. 1998. Untangling confusion between Eubranchipus vernalis and Eubranchipus neglectus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca). Journal of Crustacean Biology 18:147-152.

Conservation Status

Review Date2008-10-03

Change Date2000-06-21

Edition Date2008-10-03

Edition AuthorsRogers, D.C.

Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences21 - 300

Rank Reasons

Known from less than 50 localities but probably many more in a region where temporary wetland habitat is scarce, however range is very large though disjunct.

Range Extent Comments

Limited to the region between the Appalachian Mountains and the central Great Plains.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Typically found in clear cool water with neutral to low pH, in well vegetated ephemeral pools

Palustrine Habitats

TEMPORARY POOL

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Kentucky	SU	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
Tennessee	SNR	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Arkansas	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Tennessee (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Flint Mill Gap	Cherokee National Forest	9,494

References (4)

Belk, D., G. Mura, and S. C. Weeks. 1998. Untangling confusion between Eubranchipus vernalis and Eubranchipus neglectus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca). Journal of Crustacean Biology 18:147-152.
McLaughlin, P. A., D. K. Camp, M. V. Angel, E. L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R. C. Brusca, D. Cadien, A. C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L. G. Eldredge, D. L. Felder, J. W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R. W. Heard, E. A. Hendrycks, H. H. Hobbs III, J. R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D. R. Laubitz, S. E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R. F. Maddocks, J. W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W. A. Newman, R. M. Overstreet, W. J. Poly, W. W. Price, J. W. Reid, A. Robertson, D. C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F. Schram, C. Shih, L. Watling, G. D. F. Wilson, and D. D. Turgeon. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp.
Rogers, D. C. 2013. Anostraca catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2):525–546.
Rogers, D.C. and B.J. Hann. 2016. Class Branchiopoda (in Chapter 16, Phylum Arthropoda). Pages 437-477 in J.H. Thorp and and D.C. Rogers (Editors), Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, 4th edition, Volume II: Keys to Nearctic Fauna. Academic Press.