Published August 23, 2023 | Version v1
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Tanymastix stagnalis

  • 1. Laboratoire de bio-ressources sahariennes: préservation et valorisation, Faculté des sciences de la nature et de la vie Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria & Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria
  • 2. Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria
  • 3. Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria
  • 4. Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Department of Biology, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba, Annaba, Algeria

Description

Tanymastix stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Records in this study. None

Previous records in the Algerian Sahara. None

Previous records in the Hauts Plateaux and coastal area. T. stagnalis has been recorded at Réghaïa, Algiers (Gauthier 1928b), and El Frine, El Kala (Gauthier 1928b; Samraoui & Dumont 2002; Ghaouaci 2018).

Comments. This species has only been documented in two sites, both of which are situated in the coastal area. Because of its limited distribution and human encroachment, T. stagnalis is highly threatened with local extinction (Samraoui & Dumont 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled & Samraoui, Boudjéma, 2023, Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update, pp. 328-348 in Zootaxa 5336 (3) on page 336, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8281535

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References

  • Gauthier, H. M. (1928 b) Nouvelles recherches sur la faune des eaux continentales de l'Algerie et de la Tunisie. Imprimerie Minerva, Alger, 419 pp.
  • Samraoui, B. & Dumont, H. J. (2002) The large branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca and Spinicaudata) of Numidia (Algeria). Hydrobiologia, 486, 119 - 123. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1021338432186
  • Ghaouaci, S. (2018) Biodiversity and distribution of the carcinological fauna from continental waters of Northern Algeria. Ph. D. Thesis, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria, 124 pp.