New records of two cladoceran species (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda) from Northeastern Brazil: the importance of studies in temporary ponds

Abstract Temporary ponds are heterogeneous aquatic environments, in which hydrodynamics and richness of macrophytes may increase the diversity of zooplankton and other invertebrate communities. Cladocerans are common residents of these ecosystems, showing great variability of forms. During a faunist...

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Published in:Nauplius
Main Authors: Íttalo Luã Silva Medeiros, Felipe Antonio dos Santos, Ralf Tarciso Silva Cordeiro, Mauro de Melo Júnior
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2021
Subjects:
Chydoridae
Moinidae
Neotropical
Pernambuco Endemism Center
zooplankton
Science
Q
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Zoology
QL1-991
Gutiérrez
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2021038
https://doaj.org/article/c533181df8324c988408be565fb86f05
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Summary:Abstract Temporary ponds are heterogeneous aquatic environments, in which hydrodynamics and richness of macrophytes may increase the diversity of zooplankton and other invertebrate communities. Cladocerans are common residents of these ecosystems, showing great variability of forms. During a faunistic survey in temporary ponds under the influence of riparian vegetation, in the Camucim Forest Protected Area, Pernambuco Endemism Center, Brazil, the cladocerans Moina dumonti Kotov, Elías-Gutiérrez and Granado-Ramírez, 2005 and Chydorus nitidulus (Sars, 1901) were found. These are their first records in the Oriental Northeast Atlantic hydrographic region, and the second record of M. dumonti in Brazil. The present study raises Cladocera species richness in Pernambuco State to 73 and also 16 in the Pernambuco Endemism Center.

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