Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy

The finding of a fairy shrimp population belonging to the genus Dendrocephalus in a temporary pond from the La Guajira Department of Colombia promoted the interest in evaluating this resource for its potential use for aquaculture purposes. In the present paper the population was allocated to Dendroc...

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Publicado: 2014
Materias:
Anostraca
Colombia
fairy shrimps
morphology
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires
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spelling paper:paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen2023-06-08T15:26:44Z Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy Anostraca Colombia fairy shrimps morphology The finding of a fairy shrimp population belonging to the genus Dendrocephalus in a temporary pond from the La Guajira Department of Colombia promoted the interest in evaluating this resource for its potential use for aquaculture purposes. In the present paper the population was allocated to Dendrocephalus affinis Pereira, 1984, only known so far from the type locality in Venezuela. The species was redescribed, providing new morphological observations on the male, useful in taxonomy. In addition, two characters on the female, not mentioned up to now in the genus, the presence of a baso-lateral short process with a spine in the endopod of the first thoracopod, and the presence of one square cell among all the pentagonal ones in the polyhedral resting egg, could help in the specific identification of dendrocephalid samples without males. The present is the first record of the species from Colombia. © The Crustacean Society, 2014. Published by Brill NV, Leiden. 2014 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic Anostraca
Colombia
fairy shrimps
morphology
spellingShingle Anostraca
Colombia
fairy shrimps
morphology
Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
topic_facet Anostraca
Colombia
fairy shrimps
morphology
description The finding of a fairy shrimp population belonging to the genus Dendrocephalus in a temporary pond from the La Guajira Department of Colombia promoted the interest in evaluating this resource for its potential use for aquaculture purposes. In the present paper the population was allocated to Dendrocephalus affinis Pereira, 1984, only known so far from the type locality in Venezuela. The species was redescribed, providing new morphological observations on the male, useful in taxonomy. In addition, two characters on the female, not mentioned up to now in the genus, the presence of a baso-lateral short process with a spine in the endopod of the first thoracopod, and the presence of one square cell among all the pentagonal ones in the polyhedral resting egg, could help in the specific identification of dendrocephalid samples without males. The present is the first record of the species from Colombia. © The Crustacean Society, 2014. Published by Brill NV, Leiden.
title Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
title_short Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
title_full Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
title_fullStr Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
title_full_unstemmed Redescription of Dendrocephalus affinis (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae): First record of the species from Colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
title_sort redescription of dendrocephalus affinis (anostraca: thamnocephalidae): first record of the species from colombia and additional morphological observations useful in taxonomy
publishDate 2014
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02780372_v34_n1_p82_Cohen
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