Branchinella Kadjikadji
''Branchinella'' is a genus of crustaceans in the family (biology), family Thamnocephalidae. This fairy shrimp genus is found across many parts of the world, but especially western Australia and southern Africa. Several species have small ranges and are threatened by habitat destruction. For example, ''Branchinella latzi, B. latzi'' is only known from south Northern Territory and southwest Queensland, but it has been Local extinction, extirpated from the Uluru region due to water pollution, pollution from urine and faeces of tourists. Selected species ''Branchinella'' includes the following species: * ''Branchinella acacioidea'' Belk & Sissom, 1992 * ''Branchinella affinis'' Linder, 1941 * ''Branchinella alachua'' Dexter, 1953 * ''Branchinella apophysata'' Linder, 1941 * ''Branchinella arborea'' Geddes, 1981 * ''Branchinella australiensis'' (Richters, 1876) * ''Branchinella basispina'' Geddes, 1981 * ''Branchinella buchananensis'' Geddes, 1981 * ''Branchinella chudeaui'' (Dada ...
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Paddy Field
A paddy field is a flooded field (agriculture), field of arable land used for growing Aquatic plant, semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in southern China, associated with Austronesian peoples#Neolithic China, pre-Austronesian and Hmong–Mien languages, Hmong-Mien cultures. It was spread in prehistoric times by the Austronesian peoples#Austronesian expansion, expansion of Austronesian peoples to Island Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia including Northeastern India, Madagascar, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The technology was also acquired by other cultures in mainland Asia for rice farming, spreading to East Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Fields can be built into steep hillsides as Terrace (agriculture), terraces or adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such as rivers or marshes. They require a great deal of labor and materials to create and need l ...
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