A new fairy shrimp Galaziella murae (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Mongolia

Abstract:

A new species of fairy shrimp is described from a permanent lake in western Mongolia and assigned to the genus Galaziella. The new species is distinguished from its congeners G. baikalensis Naganawa & Orgiljanova, 2000, G. mongoliana (Uéno, 1940) (=Chirocephalus mongolianus Uéno, 1940), and G. gobisteppensis Naganawa & Zagas, 2003 by the display of the following combination of character states: (1) a single, instead of bilamellar, dorsomedial process on the proximal segment of the male antenna; (2) ovisac (brood pouch) broadened anteriorly and protruded laterally at each side into an acute process; and (3) colourless cercopods in both sexes.

Año de publicación:

2008

Keywords:

• taxonomy
• Chirocephalidae
• Galaziella baikalensis
• Galaziella mongoliana
• Galaziella gobisteppensis

Fuente:

scopus