Fairy shrimp  (Chirocephalus diaphanus)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassCrustacea
OrderAnostraca
FamilyChirocephalidae
GenusChirocephalus (1)
SizeBody length: 25 mm (2)
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Status

Classified as Vulnerable in the British Red Data Book (3), fully protected in the UK under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and listed as a Species of Conservation Concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, although not a priority species (4).

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