Eubranchipus vernalis (Verrill, 1869)
Springtime Fairy Shrimp
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Chirocephalidae
Genus: Eubranchipus
Species: Eubranchipus vernalis
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Eubranchipus vernalis
Male
Middlesex County, MA
Date: 2003-04-25
Male
Middlesex County, MA
Date: 2003-04-25
Male
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-05-04
Male
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-05-04
Female
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-05-07
Females
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-05-07
Female
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-05-07
Female
Essex County, MA
Date: 2022-05-05
Female
Essex County, MA
Date: 2022-05-05
Female
Essex County, MA
Date: 2022-05-05
Male
Somerset County, ME
Date: 2015-05-22