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Tanymastix
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Tanymastix

Tanymastix is a genus of anostracan crustaceans, characterised by their lenticular (lentil-shaped) eggs. It comprises three species. Tanymastix stagnalis has a wide distribution across Europe and North Africa. T. motasi is endemic to Romania and North Macedonia, while T. stellae was endemic to Sardinia. The type locality of T. stellae has since been destroyed and the species is believed to be extinct; reports of T. stellae surviving on Corsica have not been confirmed, despite repeated attempts.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tanymastix stagnalis

speciesTanymastix stagnalis

Tanymastix affinis

speciesTanymastix affinis

Tanymastix motasi

speciesTanymastix motasi

Tanymastix stellae

speciesTanymastix stellae

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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 488345.