Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)

The Anostraca is a diversified crustacean group inhabiting essentially in temporary wetlands on all continents. The genus Dendrocephalus sensu stricto is endemic to tropical or subtropical Neotropical fresh water pools. Of the 13 described species, four are reported from Brazil. Species identificati...

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Main Authors: Túlio Paiva Chaves, Sébastien Lacau, Nicolas Rabet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
Series:Nauplius
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972011000100001&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-fc3e0acdd28c439f9867936c02ebb4052020-11-25T03:38:30ZengSociedade Brasileira de CarcinologiaNauplius0104-64972358-293619115S0104-64972011000100001Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)Túlio Paiva Chaves0Sébastien Lacau1Nicolas Rabet2Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da BahiaUniversidade Estadual do Sudoeste da BahiaUniversidade Estadual do Sudoeste da BahiaThe Anostraca is a diversified crustacean group inhabiting essentially in temporary wetlands on all continents. The genus Dendrocephalus sensu stricto is endemic to tropical or subtropical Neotropical fresh water pools. Of the 13 described species, four are reported from Brazil. Species identification is based on morphological differences on the complex frontal appendage, the anterior thoracopods, and the gonopods. After a detailed comparison of the different Brazilian populations, we developed an illustrated identification key based on the variations of the frontal appendage. This key includes a new undescribed species recently found in Northern Minas Gerais. We present a simple tool to identify Brazilian Dendrocephalus species in order to encourage more studies on this generally neglected genus.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972011000100001&lng=en&tlng=enbranchiopodaidentificationtemporary pool
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author Túlio Paiva Chaves
Sébastien Lacau
Nicolas Rabet
spellingShingle Túlio Paiva Chaves
Sébastien Lacau
Nicolas Rabet
Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)
Nauplius
branchiopoda
identification
temporary pool
author_facet Túlio Paiva Chaves
Sébastien Lacau
Nicolas Rabet
author_sort Túlio Paiva Chaves
title Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)
title_short Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)
title_full Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)
title_fullStr Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)
title_full_unstemmed Illustrated key to the Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae)
title_sort illustrated key to the brazilian dendrocephalus (crustacea: anostraca: thamnocephalidae)
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
series Nauplius
issn 0104-6497
2358-2936
description The Anostraca is a diversified crustacean group inhabiting essentially in temporary wetlands on all continents. The genus Dendrocephalus sensu stricto is endemic to tropical or subtropical Neotropical fresh water pools. Of the 13 described species, four are reported from Brazil. Species identification is based on morphological differences on the complex frontal appendage, the anterior thoracopods, and the gonopods. After a detailed comparison of the different Brazilian populations, we developed an illustrated identification key based on the variations of the frontal appendage. This key includes a new undescribed species recently found in Northern Minas Gerais. We present a simple tool to identify Brazilian Dendrocephalus species in order to encourage more studies on this generally neglected genus.
topic branchiopoda
identification
temporary pool
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972011000100001&lng=en&tlng=en
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