''Rhynchochydorus australiensis'' is a species of

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

in the family

Chydoridae Chydoridae is a family of water fleas in the order Anomopoda. There are more than 50 genera and 520 described species in Chydoridae. Genera These 52 genera belong to the family Chydoridae: * '' Acroperus'' Baird, 1843 * '' Alona'' Baird, 1850 * ...

. It is the only species in the genus ''Rhynchochydorus''. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

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Cladocera Branchiopoda genera Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Vulnerable fauna of Australia Monotypic arthropod genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Branchiopoda-stub