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mountain shrimps
Anaspides
Anaspididae is a family of freshwater crustacean that is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. The family contains 3 genera and 5 species. This group of crustaceans are considered living fossils. They are commonly and collectively known as the Tasmanian anaspid crustaceans. Anaspidids have stalked eyes, long antennae and antennules, and a slender body with no carapace. The two species of Allanaspides and the single species of Paranaspides are all listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mountain Shrimp
speciesAnaspides tasmaniae
Tasmanian mountain-shrimp
speciesAnaspides richardsoni
Anaspides jarmani
speciesAnaspides jarmani
Anaspides swaini
speciesAnaspides swaini
Anaspides spinulae
speciesAnaspides spinulae
Anaspides clarkei
speciesAnaspides clarkei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 178196.