First record of the family Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Anostraca) from Southeast Asia and description of a new species of Branchinella

During a two-year investigation of freshwater microcrustaceans in Thailand, an undescribed species of fairy shrimp of the genus Branchinella Sayce, 1903 in the family Thamnocephalidae, was discovered. This is the first record of the genus and the family from Southeast Asia and the second anostracan...

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Published in:Hydrobiologia 2002-10, Vol.486 (1), p.63-69
Main Authors: SANOAMUANG, La-Orsri, SAENGPHAN, Nukul, MURUGAN, Gopal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Branchinella
Branchinella thailandensis
Crustacea
Crustaceans
Freshwater
Freshwater crustaceans
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Intermittent lakes
Invertebrates
Morphology
Systematics. Geographical distribution
Taxonomy
Thamnocephalidae
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Summary:During a two-year investigation of freshwater microcrustaceans in Thailand, an undescribed species of fairy shrimp of the genus Branchinella Sayce, 1903 in the family Thamnocephalidae, was discovered. This is the first record of the genus and the family from Southeast Asia and the second anostracan reported from Thailand. The new species, Branchinella thailandensis n. sp. appears to be morphologically intermediate between B. kugenumaensis (Ishikawa, 1895) from Japan and east China, and B. madurai Raj, 1951 from India and Pakistan. B. thailandensis n. sp. was collected from several temporary ponds in 11 provinces of the northeast and the central Thailand, often co-occurring with Streptocephalus sirindhornae Sanoamuang, Murugan, Weekers & Dumont, 2000.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0018-8158
1573-5117
DOI:10.1023/A:1021378113530