Dexteria
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Dexteria floridana was a species of fairy shrimp
Fairy shrimp
Anostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are also known as fairy shrimp. They are usually long . Most species have 20 body segments, bearing 11 pairs of leaf-like phyllopodia , and the body lacks a carapace...

 in the family Chirocephalidae
Chirocephalidae
Chirocephalidae is a family of fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial maxilla, more than two setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated seminal vesicles. It consists of the following eight genera, including the genera formerly placed in the families...

, the only species in the genus Dexteria. It is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It was originally described by Ralph W. Dexter
Ralph W. Dexter
Ralph W. Dexter was a professor of Biology at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He published over 300 articles on the ecology of marine communities, including , mollusks, insects, and . He also published many articles on the ....

 in 1953 as a species of Eubranchipus. The species was declared extinct on October 5, 2011.
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