Rhinobranchipus martensi Brendonck, 1995

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing (Mlambo et al., 2025)

Last record: 1989 (Mlambo et al., 2025)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Brendonck, L. (1995). A new branchipodid genus and species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from South Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 115(4): 359-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb01429.x

Other references:

Hamer, M. L. and Brendonck, L. (1997). Distribution, diversity and conservation of Anostraca (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in southern Africa. Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Conservation 359: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003162820198

Martens, K. and de Moor, F. (1995). The fate of the Rhino Ridge pool at Thomas Baines Nature Reserve: a cautionary tale for nature conservationists. South African Journal of Science 91(8): 385-387.

Mlambo, M., Bills, D., Meissenheimer, K. and Van Der Colff, D. (2025). Rhinobranchipus martensi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T266405667A266405694. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T266405667A266405694.en. Accessed on 06 August 2026.

WoRMS. (2026). Rhinobranchipus martensi Brendonck, 1995. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290426 on 2026-08-06

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