Triops vicentinus
| Triops vicentinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Notostraca |
| Family: | Triopsidae |
| Genus: | Triops |
| Species: | T. vicentinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Triops vicentinus , , & , 2010
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Triops vincentinus is a species of freshwater crustacean tadpole shrimps.
It is endemic to Portugal, and only found within the Faro District.[1]
It diverged from Triops cancriformis about 180 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic Epoch.
References[]
- ^ Quinta, Luís. "O resistente da costa vicentina". National Geographic Portugal. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
Categories:
- Notostraca
- Freshwater crustaceans of Europe
- Endemic arthropods of Portugal
- Faro District
- Jurassic crustaceans
- Extant Middle Jurassic first appearances
- Middle Jurassic animals
- Middle Jurassic Europe
- Crustaceans described in 2010