Fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) of Chile camarón duende (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) en Chile
Portions of Chile were surveyed for Anostraca. Including the two species of Anemia previously reported from Chile, we found 5 new localities and range extensions for 5 species of Branchinecta. Previous studies on Chilean Anostraca have focused on Artemia, and although Branchinecta was previously rep...
Published in: | Journal of Crustacean Biology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10925/686 https://doi.org/10.1651/07-2953.1 |
Summary: | Portions of Chile were surveyed for Anostraca. Including the two species of Anemia previously reported from Chile, we found 5 new localities and range extensions for 5 species of Branchinecta. Previous studies on Chilean Anostraca have focused on Artemia, and although Branchinecta was previously reported in Antarctica close to Chilean Air Force installations, and in a few temporal ponds in Southern Patagonia, the species were never determined. Brief habitat descriptions, as well as conservation status, and identification keys are presented and discussed. Additionally, we describe a new species from the Atacama Desert, Branchinecta papillata n. sp. |
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