DISTRIBUTION: San Carlos de Bariloche and
Raimunda Lake, Meseta de Somuncura, Rio Negro
Province, Argentina.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinectella media Schmankewitsch, 1873
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Odessa, south Ukraine.
DISTRIBUTION: from the Kulund-Steppe in
the headwaters of the Ob River through the Tsheljabinsk region of Transuralia and the lowlands of the
Aral, Caspian, and Black Sea regions; in the western
Mediterranean in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula; Jaschnov (1940) reports a disjunct polar occurrence
in Novaya Zemlya, Russia.
COMMENTS: for synonymy see Brtek (1966);
new synonyms Branchinectella gurneyi Smirnov, 1932
and Branchinectella arctica Jaschnov, 1940. Vekhoff
(1993) reports media has broadest temperature tolerance known for an anostracan.
Branchinella acacioidea Belk & Sissom, 1992
TYPE: holotype (251304), paratypes (251303)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a roadside pool 22.2 km east
of US 77 in Riviera on south side of Texas 285, Brooks
County, Texas, USA (27 ° 14'25"N, 98 °00'40"W).
DISTRIBUTION: Brooks, Hidalgo, and Kleberg Counties, Texas, USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella affinis Linder, 1941
TYPE: Zoological Museum Uppsala.
TYPE LOCALITY: Large shallow pond 5 miles
south of Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: New South Wales, Victoria,
Western Australia, Australia (Geddes 1981, 1983).
COMMENTS: for synonymy see Geddes
(1981).
Branchinella alachua Dexter, 1953
TYPE: holotype (93538), paratypes (93539)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: Alachua County, Florida,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Alachua and Lee counties,
Florida; Lee County record based on (8508) Peabody
Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut,
USA.
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COMMENTS: see notes In Belk & Sissom
(1992).
Branchinella apophysata Linder, 1941
TYPE: Zoological Museum Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: a shallow pool, Mount Margaret, Laverton, West Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella arborea Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype (P.19230), allotype (P.19231)
and paratypes (P.19232) Australian Museum, Sydney,
Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool 18 km north of
Coolabah, New South Wales, Australia (146 °41'E,
31°00'S).
DISTRIBUTION: restricted area of northwestern New South Wales & western Queensland, Australia
(Geddes 1981, 1983; Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: Geddes (1981) notes care must
be taken that identification is made only on fully adult
specimens.
Branchinella australiensis (Richters, 1876)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Peak Downs, Queensland,
Australia (148 oW, 23 OS).
DISTRIBUTION: throughout Australia (Geddes, 1981, 1983).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Chirocephalus by Claus (1886); transferred
to Branchinella by Sayee (1903); redescription and
synonymy in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella basispina Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype (P.228419), female allotype
(P.28420), and paratypes (p.28421) Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia; additional paratypes Western
Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Homestead darn, Balladonia Station, Western Australia, Australia (123 ° 52'E,
32°28'S).
ty.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localiCOMMENTS: none.
Branchinella buchananensis Geddes, 1981
TYPE: none designated.
Raimunda Lake, Meseta de Somuncura, Rio Negro
Province, Argentina.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinectella media Schmankewitsch, 1873
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Odessa, south Ukraine.
DISTRIBUTION: from the Kulund-Steppe in
the headwaters of the Ob River through the Tsheljabinsk region of Transuralia and the lowlands of the
Aral, Caspian, and Black Sea regions; in the western
Mediterranean in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula; Jaschnov (1940) reports a disjunct polar occurrence
in Novaya Zemlya, Russia.
COMMENTS: for synonymy see Brtek (1966);
new synonyms Branchinectella gurneyi Smirnov, 1932
and Branchinectella arctica Jaschnov, 1940. Vekhoff
(1993) reports media has broadest temperature tolerance known for an anostracan.
Branchinella acacioidea Belk & Sissom, 1992
TYPE: holotype (251304), paratypes (251303)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: a roadside pool 22.2 km east
of US 77 in Riviera on south side of Texas 285, Brooks
County, Texas, USA (27 ° 14'25"N, 98 °00'40"W).
DISTRIBUTION: Brooks, Hidalgo, and Kleberg Counties, Texas, USA.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella affinis Linder, 1941
TYPE: Zoological Museum Uppsala.
TYPE LOCALITY: Large shallow pond 5 miles
south of Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: New South Wales, Victoria,
Western Australia, Australia (Geddes 1981, 1983).
COMMENTS: for synonymy see Geddes
(1981).
Branchinella alachua Dexter, 1953
TYPE: holotype (93538), paratypes (93539)
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
TYPE LOCALITY: Alachua County, Florida,
USA.
DISTRIBUTION: Alachua and Lee counties,
Florida; Lee County record based on (8508) Peabody
Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut,
USA.
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COMMENTS: see notes In Belk & Sissom
(1992).
Branchinella apophysata Linder, 1941
TYPE: Zoological Museum Uppsala, Sweden.
TYPE LOCALITY: a shallow pool, Mount Margaret, Laverton, West Australia, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type locality.
COMMENTS: none.
Branchinella arborea Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype (P.19230), allotype (P.19231)
and paratypes (P.19232) Australian Museum, Sydney,
Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: a pool 18 km north of
Coolabah, New South Wales, Australia (146 °41'E,
31°00'S).
DISTRIBUTION: restricted area of northwestern New South Wales & western Queensland, Australia
(Geddes 1981, 1983; Timms, 1993).
COMMENTS: Geddes (1981) notes care must
be taken that identification is made only on fully adult
specimens.
Branchinella australiensis (Richters, 1876)
TYPE: none designated.
TYPE LOCALITY: Peak Downs, Queensland,
Australia (148 oW, 23 OS).
DISTRIBUTION: throughout Australia (Geddes, 1981, 1983).
COMMENTS: described in Branchipus; transferred to Chirocephalus by Claus (1886); transferred
to Branchinella by Sayee (1903); redescription and
synonymy in Geddes (1981).
Branchinella basispina Geddes, 1981
TYPE: holotype (P.228419), female allotype
(P.28420), and paratypes (p.28421) Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia; additional paratypes Western
Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
TYPE LOCALITY: Homestead darn, Balladonia Station, Western Australia, Australia (123 ° 52'E,
32°28'S).
ty.
DISTRIBUTION: known only from type localiCOMMENTS: none.
Branchinella buchananensis Geddes, 1981
TYPE: none designated.