Tanymastix

Tanymastix
	Origin of Vertebrates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Family:	Tanymastigidae
Genus:	Tanymastix; Simon, 1886
Species
	Tanymastix stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758); Tanymastix motasi Orghidan, 1945; Tanymastix stellae Cottarelli, 1968;

Tanymastix is a genus of anostracan crustaceans, characterised by their lenticular (lentil-shaped) eggs.^[1] It comprises three species. Tanymastix stagnalis has a wide distribution across Europe and North Africa. T. motasi is endemic to Romania and North Macedonia, while T. stellae was endemic to Sardinia.^[2] The type locality of T. stellae has since been destroyed and the species is believed to be extinct; reports of T. stellae surviving on Corsica have not been confirmed, despite repeated attempts.^[2]

^ A. Thiéry & T. Calvière (2004). "Volume 2: fiches espèces". In P. Grillas; P. Gauthier; N. Yavercovski & C. Perennou (eds.). Les mares temporaires méditerranéennes (PDF) (in French). Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat. pp. 90–92. ISBN 2-910368-49-1.
^ ^a ^b Valerio Ketmaier; Rita Mandatori; Elvira De Matthaeis & Graziella Mura (2005). "Molecular systematics and phylogeography in the fairy shrimp Tanymastix stagnalis based on mitochondrial DNA". Journal of Zoology. 266 (4): 401–410. doi:10.1017/S0952836905007041.

[Grillas-1] A. Thiéry & T. Calvière (2004). "Volume 2: fiches espèces". In P. Grillas; P. Gauthier; N. Yavercovski & C. Perennou (eds.). Les mares temporaires méditerranéennes (PDF) (in French). Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat. pp. 90–92. ISBN 2-910368-49-1.

[Ketmaier-2] Valerio Ketmaier; Rita Mandatori; Elvira De Matthaeis & Graziella Mura (2005). "Molecular systematics and phylogeography in the fairy shrimp Tanymastix stagnalis based on mitochondrial DNA". Journal of Zoology. 266 (4): 401–410. doi:10.1017/S0952836905007041.

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