Phallocryptus spinosus

Phallocryptus spinosus, the halophilic fairy shrimp, is a species of fairy shrimp within the family Thamnocephalidae.^[2] The species of previously recorded from a shallow salty pond in Tabriz, occurring in the same area as Branchinecta orientalis. More locations were reported in similar habitats in central and south Iran from Bafq and Lar, and a 4th population was found 200 kilometers south to the original locality.^[3] It occurs in parts of Southern Africa, notably the Makgadikgadi Pans of Botswana.^[4] Other crustacean species found in this region of Botswana in co-existence with B. spinosa include Moina belli.

Phallocryptus spinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Family:	Thamnocephalidae
Genus:	Phallocryptus
Species:	P. spinosus
Binomial name
Phallocryptus spinosus (H.Milne-Edwards, 1840)
Synonyms
Branchinella spinosa[1]