Leptestheria compleximanus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Spinicaudata |
| Family: | Leptestheriidae |
| Genus: | Leptestheria |
| Species: | L. compleximanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptestheria compleximanus Packard, 1877[1]
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Leptestheria compleximanus is a species of North American clam shrimp known by the common name playa clam shrimp[1] or spineynose clam shrimp.[3]
Range[edit]
Leptestheria compleximanus is found from the Great Plains region of the United States to the deserts of northern Mexico.[4]
Habitat[edit]
Playa clam shrimp live in temporary wetlands.[5]
Ecology[edit]
Ephemeral wetland specialists, Leptestheria compleximanus depend on wet-dry cycles. Their life cycle has evolved to depend on drying to the point that all eggs they lay are desiccation-resistant and will not hatch during the same wet cycle during which adults are alive. These eggs will need to experience dry conditions followed by another inundation cycle to break diapause and hatch.[5]
While alive, playa clam shrimp feed on suspended particles through filter feeding and searching through soft mud for food particles.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Leptestheria compleximanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Leptestheria compleximanus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Spineynose Clam Shrimp (Leptestheria compleximanus) | Idaho Fish and Game". idfg.idaho.gov. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Keys to nearctic fauna. volume II, Thorp and Covich's freshwater invertebrates. James H. Thorp, D. Christopher Rogers (4th ed.). Amsterdam. 2016. ISBN 978-0-12-385029-4. OCLC 933581205.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates. James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich (3rd ed.). Amsterdam: Academic Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-12-374855-3. OCLC 429598190.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Martin, Joel W.; Cash-Clark, Cora E. (1993). "The Spinicaudatan Clam Shrimp Genus Leptestheria Sars, 1898 (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in California" (PDF). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 92 (2): 78–88.
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