Anaspides driesseni

Anaspides driesseni is a species of freshwater crustacean in the family Anaspidesidae, and was first described in 2023 by Christoph Höpel, Stefan Richter & Shane Ahyong.^[2][3] In 2016^[4] Ahyong discussed three morphologically different forms of A. swaini occurring in three different drainage systems.

Anaspides driesseni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Anaspidacea
Family:	Anaspidesidae
Genus:	Anaspides
Species:	A. driesseni
Binomial name
Anaspides driesseni Höpel, Richter & Ahyong, 2023
Holotype site (TMAG G9228 ♂): Weld River, TAS[1]

The species epithet honours Michael Driessen.^[3]

This species is endemic to Tasmania,^[1] and is found in "South-eastern Tasmania from the Arve Valley and Hartz Mountains area over the Mt Picton area and Snowy Mountains to the Wellington Range and western to northwestern Mt Wellington (Collinsvale and North West Bay River catchment); Southern-Derwent and Huon drainage system".^[3]