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The fairy shrimp genus Branchipus Schaeffer, 1766 is represented in Macedonia by two species: Branchipus schaefferi Fischer, 1834 and Branchipus intermedius Orghidan, 1947. Branchipus schaefferi appears frequently and in high abundance in the rice fields of eastern Macedonia. Branchipus intermedius is present only in several neighboring shallow rainpools, less than 20 cm in depth, scattered over a high-mountain plateau (elevation about 1950 m) on the Bistra Mountain in western Macedonia.
In B. schaefferi, morphological features were consistent with existing descriptions. However, for B. intermedius, the original description of the species, hitherto known from only two localities in eastern Romania, is supplemented by additional diagnostic characteristics.
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Petkovski, S. (1997). On the presence of the genus Branchipus Schaeffer, 1766 (Crustacea: Anostraca) in Macedonia. In: Simovich, M.A., Sassaman, C., Belk, D. (eds) Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Conservation. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 125. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3177-5_5
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