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Issue: Vol. 4399 No. 3: 22 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.3.4
Page range: 341–350
Abstract views: 143
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A new species of genus Eulimnadia Packard, 1874 (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae) from India with an updated key for some Indian species

Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society, Coimbatore 641035, Tamil Nadu, India
Sorbonne Universités, Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle, UCN, UA, CNRS, IRD, Biologie des organismes et écosystèmes aquatiques,BOREA, UMR 7208, CP26 75231, 43 rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris Cedex 05, France.
Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India
Crustacea Taxonomy clam shrimp resting egg Goa temporary pools

Abstract

We describe a new species of Eulimnadia, Eulimnadia bondi sp. nov., from the state of Goa, India. This is the 8th species to be described from the country and first from this state. This species differs from all other Indian species in having unique egg morphology–cylindrical egg with dilated borders at both ends and a specific internal eggshell structure. Specimens showed intra-population morphological variation as observed in other species from the genus. Eulimnadia bondi sp. nov. egg resembles the South American E. colombiensis and the Australian E. australiensis. These species are however distinguished on egg morphological details and by some morphological characteristic of adults. Based on the available information, we present an overview of the distribution of the different Indian Eulimnadia species and an updated identification key based on egg morphology.

 

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