Branchinectidae Daday 1910

Family Branchinectidae Daday, 1910

(3) Branchinecta brushi Hegna & Lazo-Wasem (2010). Crater at Paniri volcano (22° 08' S; 68° 25' W) (Hegna & Lazo-Wasem 2010). The species is known only from its type locality.

(4) Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1902. Vega del Toro ephemeral pools (51° 07' S; 71° 40' W) (Rogers et al. 2008); Kon Aikén ephemeral pools II (52° 51' S; 70° 55' W) (De los Ríos et al. 2008a,b); Antarctic zone of Chile, including Shetland Islands (Berrios & Sielfeld 2000).

(5) Branchinecta granulosa Daday, 1902. Ephemeral pools, Kon Aikén, km. 25 (52° 50' S; 71° 10'W) (Rogers et al. 2008). Valid species distributed in southern portion of South American continent (Rogers et al. 2008).

(6) Branchinecta palustris Birabén, 1946. Salar de Coposa (21° 17' S; 68° 53' W) (Rogers et al. 2008). Valid species with unknown distribution in South America: it was reported from Rio Negro Province in Argentina and Atacama desert in Chile (Rogers et al. 2008).

(7) Branchinecta papillata Rogers, De los Ríos & Zúñiga, 2008. Ephemeral pools close to Salar de Coposa (20° 40' S; 68° 42' W) (Rogers et al. 2008). The species is known only from Atacama desert (Rogers et al. 2008).

(8) Branchinecta valchetana Cohen, 1981. Paniri volcano (22° 08' S; 68° 15' W) (Rogers et al. 2008). Valid species with unknown distribution in South America: it was reported from Rio Negro Province in Argentina and Antofagasta Province in Chile (Rogers et al. 2008).

(9) Branchinecta vuriloche Cohen, 1985. Temporary pools close to Balmaceda (45° 53'S; 71° 40' W) (Rogers et al. 2008). The species was reported from Rio Negro Province in Argentina and Aysen region in Chile (Rogers et al. 2008).