Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstracts
A new species of Eulimnadia (Crustacea: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae)
from New Zealand
Brian V. Timms1 and Colin McLay2
1Research Associate, Australian Museum, 6 College St,
Sydney, 2000.
2School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Abstract Eulimnadia marplesi n. sp. is
described from material from a temporary pond near Sutton, South
Island, New Zealand. While placement in the genus Eulimnadia is
tentative and based on the presence of a spine on the ventroposterior
angle of the telson, the species is distinctive based on rostral shape,
spination of the claspers, and, to a lesser extent, on the number of
telsonic denticles and caudal furca setules. The cyst surface is unique
with arêted walls of deep vesicles extruded into tongue-like
lamellae.
Keywords Crustacea; Branchiopoda; Phyllopoda;
Diplostraca; Eulimnadia; cyst; taxonomy; temporary pond; Otago;
New Zealand
R05005; Received 21 March 2005; accepted 26 July 2005; Online
publication date 6 December 2005
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Volume 35, Number 4, December, 2005, pp 409–415
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