Triops vicentinus

Triops vicentinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Notostraca
Family: Triopsidae
Genus: Triops
Species: T. vicentinus
Binomial name
Triops vicentinus
Korn, Machado, Cristo & Cancela da Fonseca, 2010

Triops vincentinus is a species of tadpole shrimp. Found exclusively in Faro.[1] It diverged from Triops cancriformis about 180 million years ago.

References

  1. Quinta, Luís. "O resistente da costa vicentina". National Geographic Portugal. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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