Wyoming Fairy Shrimp


Scenic view of "Chain Lakes" Roadside Pond with Wind River Mountains in distance
“Chain Lakes” Roadside Pond 2005-06-14, #0101, Great Divide Basin.

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Orders are given in parentheses to eliminate any ambiguity or non-uniqueness that branchiopod common names may have.

The term Conchostraca, which is no longer a taxonomically valid order that includes all clam shrimp species, is used here as shorthand for the orders Spinicaudata, Laevicaudata, and Cyclestherida because I can’t tell them apart.

Antelope Hills

  • “Coyote Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • Bull Canyon Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Blackbird Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Avocet Lake Northeast Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Avocet Lake Southwest Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Avocet Lake – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca)
  • Salamander Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Silver Creek Reservoir” – no large branchiopods
  • Northeastern “Lewiston Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • Middle “Lewiston Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • Big “Lewiston Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • “Daley Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Cuesta Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • “Scotty Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • “McKay Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • “Murray Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • Chinook Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • North “Scotty Lake” West Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Axolotl Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Joe Hay Rim East Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Section Marker Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Oregon Buttes Southwest Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Oregon Buttes North Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Upper Oregon Gulch Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Woods Gulch Pond” – no large branchiopods
  • “Circle Bar Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Diamond Springs Pond – no large branchiopods
  • McLean Spring Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Stinking Springs Reservoir” – no large branchiopods
  • North “Scotty Lake” East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Off South Fork Sulphur Creek Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)

Bighorn Basin

  • Cody Airport “Alkali Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • Steele 431 Roadside Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Henry Draw Reservoir – no large branchiopods
  • Nowater Creek Reservoir – no large branchiopods
  • Nowater 4,623 Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Holland Reservoir” – no large branchiopods
  • Upper Joe Henry Fork Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Cottonwood Trail Reservoir” – no large branchiopods
  • Lone Tree Ranch Reservoir – no large branchiopods
  • Stove Creek West Pond – no large branchiopods

Bighorn Mountains

  • Mather Peaks South Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Spot 11,018 Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Lost Twin Lakes” Ledge Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Peak 11,112 Shadow Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Peak 11,112 Shadow Southeast Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Peak 11,112 Shadow Southwest Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Middle Paint Rock Round Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Middle Paint Rock Divide Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Misty Moon Lake” North Pond #1 – no large branchiopods
  • “Misty Moon Lake” North Pond #2 – no large branchiopods
  • “Misty Moon Lake” North Pond #3 – no large branchiopods
  • Upper Solitude Trail East Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Upper Solitude Trail Middle Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Upper Solitude Trail West Pond – no large branchiopods

Eastern Wind River Basin

  • Castle Gardens Storm Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)

Elk Mountain

  • Halleck Ridge Snow Fence Pond – no large branchiopods

Granite Mountains

  • Wild Horse Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Hill 7,122 Rock Pools – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • West Tin Cup Summit Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Half Moon Rock Pool – no large branchiopods
  • Dead Ant Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Antelope Pocket Overlook Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • North “Bucklin Reservoir” – no large branchiopods
  • “Beulah Belle Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • “Jackson Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • Rawlins Draw “Soda Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Steamboat Lake” 2nd East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Steamboat Lake” Oxbow Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Steamboat Lake” 1st East Pond
  • “Steamboat Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Big Skunk Granite Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Little Skunk Granite Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Dry Creek Crossing Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Piaya Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Little “Piaya Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Beaver Divide “Dry Lakes” – no large branchiopods
  • Eastern “Soda Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • “Soda Lakes” Far Eastern Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Middle “Soda Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • Western “Soda Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • Bent Knee Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Deep Hollow Rock Pool – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Lankin Dome Summit Rock Pools – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Beaver Rim Snow Fence Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Beaver Rim Quack Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Carmody Lake” Northwest Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Carmody Lake” West Pond – no large branchiopods

Great Divide Basin

  • Big Bend Lost Creek Pond #1 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Big Bend Lost Creek Pond #2 – dry
  • Big Bend Lost Creek Pond #3 – dry
  • “Hay Reservoir” – dry
  • “Lost Creek Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • “Lost Creek Lake” Northeast Pond – dry
  • “Mud Lake” – dry
  • Mud Springs Pond #1 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Mud Springs Pond #2 – dry
  • Mud Springs Pond #3 – dry
  • Niland Spring Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Stratton Lakes” – dry
  • Lamont South Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Pipeline By The Road Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Siberia Ridge Southeast Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Horseshoe Bend Roadside Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Horseshoe Bend Well Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Lamont Northeast Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Fence Bend Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Screeching Avocets Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Yellow Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Long Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Osborne Spring Ponds – no large branchiopods
  • “Brannan Reservoir” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), tadpole shrimp (Notostraca)
  • Sweetwater Mill Road Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca), clam shrimp (Conchostraca)
  • Separation Rim Dry Lake – dry
  • Separation Rim Strike Valley Ponds – dry
  • Big Salty Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Separation Point Lake” – dry
  • Section Marker Depression Pond – dry
  • Separation Rim “Soda Lake” – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Separation Rim “Soda Lake” Road Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Separation Flat Long Dry Lake – dry
  • “Chain Lakes” Roadside Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Chain Lakes” Forked Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Chain Lakes” Biggest Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Chain Lakes” Crusty Pond – no large branchiopods

Killpecker Dunes

  • Killpecker Dunes Ponds – no large branchiopods

Seminoe Dunes

  • Seminoe Dunes Ponds – no large branchiopods

Snowy Range

  • Libby Flats Overlook Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Jons Snowy Range Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Arrowhead Lake” Southwest Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • String of 3 East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • String of 3 Middle Pond – no large branchiopods
  • String of 3 West Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #1 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #2 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #3 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #4 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #5 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #6 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #7 – no large branchiopods
  • Sugarloaf West Pond #8 – no large branchiopods
  • “Klondike Lake” West Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Crescent Lake” West Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Upper Long Lake” – no large branchiopods
  • “Hatchet Lake” Southwest Pond #1 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Hatchet Lake” Southwest Pond #2 – no large branchiopods
  • Lost in the Trees Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “North Gap Lake” East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Reservoir Lake” West Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Sheep Lake” South Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Glacier Lakes” North Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Brooklyn Lake” West Meadow Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Edge of Trees Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Telephone Lakes” East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Lost Lake” East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Lost Lake” West Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Browns Peak Southeast Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Browns Peak South Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Browns Peak Southwest Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Shelf Lakes” Northwest Ponds – no large branchiopods
  • “Shelf Lakes” North Ponds – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Shelf Lakes” Northeast Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Corral Lake” – no large branchiopods

Southern Laramie Basin

  • Horne’s Pond IX – dry
  • Section 28 Hourglass Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Section 28 Southwest Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Horne’s Pond XII – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Horne’s Pond XIII – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Horne’s Pond XIV – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Horne’s Other Interesting Pond – no large branchiopods

Southern Laramie Range

  • Turtle Rock Southwest Pool #1 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Turtle Rock Southwest Pool #2 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Turtle Rock Southwest Pool #3 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Turtle Rock Southwest Pool #4 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Turtle Rock North Pools – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)

Wind River Mountains

  • Bivouac Lake – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Atlantic Sunny Bench Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Below Windy Lake Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Upper Silas Lake” Southwest Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Fremont Lake” Moraine Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Buttress Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Little Sandy Overlook Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Coon Lake” South Pond #1 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Coon Lake” South Pond #2 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Coon Lake” South Pond #3 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Cliff Edge Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Coon Lake” South Pond #4 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Coon Lake” South Pond #5 – no large branchiopods
  • Big Stough East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Medina Mountain Pond #1 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #2 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #3 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #4 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #5 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #6 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #7 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #8 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #9 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #10 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #11 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #12 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #13 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #14 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Medina Mountain Pond #15 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Medina Mountain Pond #16 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Medina Mountain Pond #17 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #18 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #19 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #20 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #21 – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Medina Mountain Pond #22 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #23 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #24 – no large branchiopods
  • Medina Mountain Pond #25 – no large branchiopods
  • Silas Headwall Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Silas Cornice Chute Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Stough Below the Moraine Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Cinquefoil Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Boulder Bog Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Deep Cirque Overlook Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Shoal Lake Northwest Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Hill 10,646 East Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Hill 10,646 South Pond – no large branchiopods
  • East Side Cirque Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Hidden Snowbank Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Jim Creek Saddle Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Jim Creek First Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Spot 10,672 Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Peak 11,246 South Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Peak 11,107 Northeast Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Tayo Fork Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Tayo Fork Channel Pond – no large branchiopods
  • North Tayo West Side Small Pond – no large branchiopods
  • North Tayo West Side Big Pond – no large branchiopods
  • North Tayo Canyon Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Tayo Bench East Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • Tayo Bench Middle Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Tayo Bench West Pond – no large branchiopods
  • North Tayo Cirque Lower Pond – no large branchiopods
  • North Tayo Cirque Upper Pond – no large branchiopods
  • North Tayo Other Source Pond – pond overgrown
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” First Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Second Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Third Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Long Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Round Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Off Stream Pond – dry
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Fourth Lake – no large branchiopods
  • Upper “Ice Lakes” Overgrown Pond – pond overgrown
  • Ice Lakes Trail Pond #1 – no large branchiopods
  • Ice Lakes Trail Pond #2 – no large branchiopods
  • Ice Lakes Trail Pond #3 – no large branchiopods
  • Ice Lakes Trail Pond #4 – no large branchiopods
  • Tayo Park Northwest Pond #1 – no large branchiopods
  • Tayo Park Northwest Pond #2 – no large branchiopods
  • Tayo Park Northwest Pond #3 – no large branchiopods
  • “Poison Lake” Outlet Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)
  • “Poison Lake” East Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Poison Lake” North Hill East Pond – no large branchiopods
  • “Poison Lake” North Hill West Pond – dry
  • “Poison Lake” North Lake – no large branchiopods
  • “Poison Lake” North Overgrown Pond – pond overgrown
  • “Coon Lake” Cirque Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Little Stough West Pond – no large branchiopods
  • Stough Off Channel Pond – fairy shrimp (Anostraca)

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