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Original Article

Exploration of the egg shell structure of three Neotropical Eulimnadia species: a new insight into genus taxonomy (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata)

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Pages 221-226 | Received 02 Apr 2012, Accepted 11 Jul 2012, Published online: 25 Sep 2012
 

Abstract

In this work we describe the external morphology and shell cross section of eggs of three species of Brazilian Eulimnadia: E. geayi, E. colombiensis and E. magdalensis. In these species, cross sections show variation of vesicle size and strut thickness in the alveolar layer and also possible presence of hollows. With these new records, we increase the total number of known Brazilian Eulimnadia species to four, due to different egg structures. All four species were already reported from Venezuela, suggesting that Eulimnadia species have relatively wide distributions and a lower tendency for endemism than fresh water Anostracans in South America.

Neste estudo, apresentamos a descrição da morfologia externa e interna da casca dos ovos de três espécies brasileiras de Eulimnadia: E. geayi, E. colombiensis e E. magdalensis. O corte transversal dos ovos revela uma relativa espessura das suas paredes, incluindo uma camada alveolar com vesículas de tamanho variável e eventual presença de cavidades. Além disso, com os novos registros aqui apresentados, elevamos para quatro o número total de espécies brasileiras de Eulimnadia identificadas através da morfologia dos ovos. O fato que todas estas já foram previamente registradas na Venezuela, sugere que as espécies de Eulimnadia têm uma relativamente ampla distribuição e uma menor tendência para o endemismo do que as espécies de Anostraca de água doce da América do Sul.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Danielle Defaye for permission to study the type material of Eulimnadia geayi stored in the MNHN, Habib Boulekbache for help with SEM observations, Marc Pignal for soil collection in Barrolândia (Bahia, Brazil), D. Christopher Rogers and Brian Timms for discussions and Anne Zillikens for improvement of the manuscript.

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