Branchinecta cervantesi Margalef, 1947.
Branchinecta packardi Pearse, 1912
TYPE: syntypes (98382) National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool at La Junta, Colorado,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Alberta and Saskatchewan,
Canada through the Great Plains and Rocky MountainGreat Basin region of the United States into northern
Mexico.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Lynch (1964),
complex synonymy discussed.
Branchinecta paludosa (Muller, 1788)
TYPE: syntypes (3352) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Greenland.
DISTRIBUTION: most widespread anostracan
in tundra pools and lakes of the Arctic; northern Eurasia with southern relict occurrence in Tatras Mountains of Poland (population now extinct) and Slovakia;
Greenland; northern North America (see Vekhoff,
1990) with southern extension through Alberta and
Saskatchewan into Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and
Utah? (not confirmed), USA (see Saunders et al.
1993).
COMMENTS: described in Cancer; transferred
to Branchipus by Kroyer (1838); transferred to
Branchinecta by Sars (1874); for synonymy see Linder
(1941).
Branchinecta paludosa tjanshanica Akatova,
1987
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool in glacial moraine in
the central Tjan-Shan Mountain, Kirghizstan.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: probably an independent species.
Branchinecta palustris Biraben, 1946
TYPE: holotype, allotype, paratypes (13.507) La
Plata Museum of Natural History, La Plata, Argentina. Additional paratypes (25998) Argentine Museum
of Natural History 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
TYPE LOCALITY: Laguna La Escondida on the
road to Conesa in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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DISTRIBUTION: Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Cohen (1981).
Branchinecta papillosa Biraben, 1946
TYPE: holotype, allotype, paratypes (13.504)La
Plata Museum of Natural History, La Plata, Argentina. Additional paratypes Argentine Museum of Natural History 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
TYPE LOCALITY: freshwater pools near the
Senguer River 20 km from Colonia Sarmiento, Chubut
Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940
TYPE: holotype and paratypes (1941.5.21.15) British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: ponds at altitude of 3840 m
on west side of Lake Titicaca, Capachica Peninsula,
Peru.
DISTRIBUTION: Capachica Peninsula, Peru
and near Cochabamba, Bolivia at an altitude of
2570m.
COMMENTS: types examined by Belk, genus
correct; however, unique features like two processes
on basal penis point to need for new generic diagnosis.
Branchinecta potassa Belk, 1979
TYPE: holotype (151426), paratypes (151427,
151428) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: McKeel Pond, Valentine
Wildlife Refuge, Cherry County, Nebraska, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Cherry and Sheridan counties
in Nebraska (Fugate, 1992).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta prima Cohen, 1983
TYPE: holotype (31445), paratypes (31446)
Argentine Museum of Natural History 'Bernardino
Rivadavia' , Buenos Aires, Argentina.
TYPE LOCALITY: lake number 1, Meseta de
Somuncura, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta packardi Pearse, 1912
TYPE: syntypes (98382) National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool at La Junta, Colorado,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Alberta and Saskatchewan,
Canada through the Great Plains and Rocky MountainGreat Basin region of the United States into northern
Mexico.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Lynch (1964),
complex synonymy discussed.
Branchinecta paludosa (Muller, 1788)
TYPE: syntypes (3352) Zoological Institute,
Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Greenland.
DISTRIBUTION: most widespread anostracan
in tundra pools and lakes of the Arctic; northern Eurasia with southern relict occurrence in Tatras Mountains of Poland (population now extinct) and Slovakia;
Greenland; northern North America (see Vekhoff,
1990) with southern extension through Alberta and
Saskatchewan into Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and
Utah? (not confirmed), USA (see Saunders et al.
1993).
COMMENTS: described in Cancer; transferred
to Branchipus by Kroyer (1838); transferred to
Branchinecta by Sars (1874); for synonymy see Linder
(1941).
Branchinecta paludosa tjanshanica Akatova,
1987
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool in glacial moraine in
the central Tjan-Shan Mountain, Kirghizstan.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from the type
locality.
COMMENTS: probably an independent species.
Branchinecta palustris Biraben, 1946
TYPE: holotype, allotype, paratypes (13.507) La
Plata Museum of Natural History, La Plata, Argentina. Additional paratypes (25998) Argentine Museum
of Natural History 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
TYPE LOCALITY: Laguna La Escondida on the
road to Conesa in Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
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DISTRIBUTION: Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
COMMENTS: redescribed by Cohen (1981).
Branchinecta papillosa Biraben, 1946
TYPE: holotype, allotype, paratypes (13.504)La
Plata Museum of Natural History, La Plata, Argentina. Additional paratypes Argentine Museum of Natural History 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
TYPE LOCALITY: freshwater pools near the
Senguer River 20 km from Colonia Sarmiento, Chubut
Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940
TYPE: holotype and paratypes (1941.5.21.15) British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
TYPE LOCALITY: ponds at altitude of 3840 m
on west side of Lake Titicaca, Capachica Peninsula,
Peru.
DISTRIBUTION: Capachica Peninsula, Peru
and near Cochabamba, Bolivia at an altitude of
2570m.
COMMENTS: types examined by Belk, genus
correct; however, unique features like two processes
on basal penis point to need for new generic diagnosis.
Branchinecta potassa Belk, 1979
TYPE: holotype (151426), paratypes (151427,
151428) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: McKeel Pond, Valentine
Wildlife Refuge, Cherry County, Nebraska, USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Cherry and Sheridan counties
in Nebraska (Fugate, 1992).
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinecta prima Cohen, 1983
TYPE: holotype (31445), paratypes (31446)
Argentine Museum of Natural History 'Bernardino
Rivadavia' , Buenos Aires, Argentina.
TYPE LOCALITY: lake number 1, Meseta de
Somuncura, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.