Anaspides tasmaniae

Anaspides tasmaniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Anaspidacea
Family: Anaspidesidae
Genus: Anaspides
Species:
A. tasmaniae
Binomial name
Anaspides tasmaniae
Thomson, 1894

Anaspides tasmaniae is a species of freshwater crustacean found in Tasmania. Members of the genus Anaspides are commonly known as Tasmanian mountain shrimp. Mountain shrimp are often referred to as “living fossils” since they have remained morphologically largely unchanged for over 200 million years.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.