''Branchinella apophysata'' is a species of

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...

in the family

Thamnocephalidae Thamnocephalidae is a family of crustaceans with wide distribution including Western Australia, Southern Africa and South America. It was originally described as a subfamily of Branchipodidae by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1883, and elevated t ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Australia, where it is known only from its

type locality Type locality may refer to: * Type locality (biology) * Type locality (geology) See also * Local (disambiguation) * Locality (disambiguation) {{disambiguation ...

, a shallow pool on Mount Margaret, near Laverton,

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

. It is most closely related to other Australian species, including '' B. affinis'', '' B. denticulata'', '' B. latzi'', '' B. longirostris'' and '' B. probiscida''.

References

Branchiopoda Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Vulnerable fauna of Australia Crustaceans described in 1941 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{branchiopoda-stub