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Eubranchipus serratus

Forbes, 1876

Ethologist Fairy Shrimp

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1000491
Element CodeICBRA01130
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
Rogers, D.C. 2014. Two new cryptic Anostracan (Branchiopoda: Streptocephalidae, Chirocephalidae) species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 34(6):862-874.
Taxonomic Comments
Eubranchipus hesperius is separated by E. serratus by Rogers (2014).
Conservation Status
Review Date2008-10-03
Change Date2000-06-21
Edition Date2008-10-03
Edition AuthorsRogers, D.C. (2008); Cordeiro, J. (2004)
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
Spans the entire North American continent.
Range Extent Comments
Broadly distributed across North America except the southeast and the southern deserts.
Occurrences Comments
Dexter and Sheary (1943) reported it from east central Illinois. Dexter (1953) lists reports from Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Oregon; with more recent additions in Indiana, Montana, and Washington. This species was collected in 2004 from a pool south of Princeton in Latah County, northern Idaho (Rogers et al., 2006). Hossack et al. (2010) collected this species in western Montana from 51 sites in and around Glacier National Park (particularly common in Lake McDonald, Marias Pass, and Lee Ridge area); in addition to historic records from Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Lake, Missoula, and Sanders Cos.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Typically found in clear cool to cold water with neutral to low pH, in well vegetated ephemeral pools
Palustrine Habitats
TEMPORARY POOL
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
WisconsinSUYes
VirginiaSNRYes
IllinoisSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
IndianaSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
MinnesotaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
CanadaN4
Roadless Areas (2)
Virginia (2)
AreaForestAcres
Northern MassanuttenGeorge Washington National Forest9,444
Oak KnobGeorge Washington National Forest10,882
References (12)
  1. Dexter, R.W. 1953. Studies on North American fairy shrimps with the description of two new species. American Midland Naturalist 49:751-771.
  2. Dexter, R.W. and L.E. Sheary. 1943. Records of anostracon phyllopods in northeastern Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science 43:176-179.
  3. Eriksen, C. H. and D. Belk. 1999. Fairy Shrimps of California's Puddles, Pools, and Playas. Mad River Press: Eureka, California.196 pp.
  4. Fitzpatrick, J.F., Jr. 1983. How to Know the Freshwater Crustacea. Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers. Dubuque, Iowa. 277 pp.
  5. Helm, B.P. 1998. Biogeography of eight large branchiopods endemic to California. Pages 124-139 in C.W. Witham, E.T. Bauder, D. Belk, W.R. Ferren, Jr. and R. Ornduff (eds.) Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems- Proceedings from a 1996 Conference. California Native Plant society, Sacramento, California.
  6. Hossack, B.R., R.L. Newell, and D.C. Rogers. 2010. Branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca) from protected areas of western Montana. Northwest Science 84(1):52-59.
  7. 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.
  8. Rogers, D. C. 2013. Anostraca catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2):525–546.
  9. Rogers, D.C. 2014. Two new cryptic Anostracan (Branchiopoda: Streptocephalidae, Chirocephalidae) species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 34(6):862-874.
  10. 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.
  11. Rogers, D. C. and M. A. Hill. 2013. Annotated Checklist of the large branchiopod crustaceans of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, USA, with the "rediscovery" of a new species of <i>Branchinecta </i>(Anostraca: Branchinectidae). Zootaxa. 3694:249-261.
  12. Rogers, D.C., D.L. Quinney, J. Weaver, and J. Olesen. 2006. A new giant species of predatory fairy shrimp from Idaho, USA (Branchiopoda: Anostraca). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26(1): 1-12.