The halophilic fairy shrimp, Phallocryptus spinosa (Milne-Edwards, 1840) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from southeast, Iran

Phallocryptus spinosa (milne-edwards, 1840) was previously recorded in iran from a shallow salty pond close to tabriz, occurring sympatrically with branchinecta orientalis sars, 1901; second and third locations were reported from similar habitats in central area and south of iran from bafq and lar, respectively. here, a forth population was found during sampling in a pool, about 2000 km to the south of the first recorded locality. a global distribution map for p. spinosa is presented.