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Rhynchotalona

Description

Key for species of the genus Rhynchotalona

1. Rostrum short, 1.5 times or less longer than antennule.............................. R. weiri sp. nov. North America.

- Rostrum long, 2–3 times longer than antennule............................................................. 2.

2. Posteriormost ventral setae of valves long, their length exceeding the height of postabdomen, posteriormost setae being longest....................................................................... R. longiseta sp. nov. North America.

- Posterior ventral setae of valves short, their length much less than the height of postabdomen........................ 3

3. Basalmost large marginal denticle of postabdomen is located almost at postanal angle. Rostrum 2 times longer than antennule. Length less than 0.35 mm................................................... R. kistarae Røen, 1973. Greenland.

- Basalmost large marginal denticle of postabdomen is located at the middle of postanal margin. Rostrum 3 times longer than antennule. Length up to 0.6 mm....................... R. falcata (Sars, 1862). Europe, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia.

Notes

Published as part of Sinev, Artem Y. & Kotov, Alexey A., 2014, Revision of the Holarctic genus Rhynchotalona Norman, 1903 (Anomopoda: Chydoridae), pp. 188-210 in Zootaxa 3841 (2) on page 206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/229101

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Biodiversity

Genus
Rhynchotalona
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diplostraca
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Roen, U. (1973) Rhynchotalona kistarae sp. n. from South Greenland (Crustacea, Cladocera, Chydoridae, Aloninae). Steenstrupia, 3, 89 - 92.
  • Sars, G. O. (1862 a) Hr. Studios medic. G. O. Sars meddeelte en af talrige Afbildninger ledsaget Oversigt af de af ham i Omegnen af Christiania iagttagne Crustacea cladocera. Forh. VidenskSelsk. Krist, Aar 1861, 144 - 167.