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Chirocephalus Shadini
''Chirocephalus'' is a genus of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae. It contains the following species: *''Chirocephalus algidus'' Cottarelli ''et al.'', 2010 *''Chirocephalus anatolicus'' Cottarelli, Mura & Özkütük, 2007 *''Chirocephalus appendicularis'' Vavra, 1905 *''Chirocephalus baikalensis'' (Naganawa & Orgiljanova, 2000) *''Chirocephalus bairdi'' (Brauer, 1877) *''Chirocephalus bobrinskii'' (Alcock, 1898) *''Chirocephalus brevipalpis'' (Orghidan, 1953) *''Chirocephalus brteki'' Cottarelli ''et al.'', 2010 *''Chirocephalus carnuntanus'' (Brauer, 1877) *''Chirocephalus chyzeri'' Daday, 1890 *''Chirocephalus croaticus'' Steuer, 1899 *''Chirocephalus cupreus'' Cottarelli, Mura & Özkütük, 2007 *''Chirocephalus diaphanus'' Prévost, 1803 *''Chirocephalus festae'' Colosi, 1922 *''Chirocephalus hardingi'' Brtek, 1965 *''Chirocephalus horribilis'' Smirnov, 1948 *''Chirocephalus jaxartensis'' (Smirnov, 1948) *''Chirocephalus josephinae'' (Adolph Eduard Grube, Grube, 1853 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirocephalus Diaphanus
''Chirocephalus diaphanus'' is a widely distributed European species of fairy shrimp that lives as far north as Great Britain, where it is the only surviving species of fairy shrimp and is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is a translucent animal, about long, with reddened tips to the abdomen and appendages. The body comprises a head, a thorax bearing 11 pairs of appendages, and a seven-segmented abdomen. In males, the antennae are enlarged to form "frontal appendages", while females have an egg pouch at the end of the thorax. The life cycle of ''C. diaphanus'' is extremely fast, and the species can only persist in pools without predators. The eggs tolerate drying out, and hatch when re-immersed in water. ''C. diaphanus'' was first reported in the scientific literature in 1704, but was only separated from other species and given its scientific name in 1803. The specific epithet ''diaphanus'' refers to the animal's transparency. Description ''Chiroceph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
