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Published: 2005-09-13
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Updated diagnoses for the Indian species of Streptocephalus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)

School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1400 Wallace Blvd (#228), Amarillo, Texas 79106. USA
Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025. INDIA
Crustacea Streptocephalus dichotomus S. echinus S. simplex S. longimanus S. spinifer cyst morphology

Abstract

The taxonomic status of the Indian Streptocephalus (S. dichotomus, S. echinus, S. longimanus S. spinifer, and S. simplex) is reevaluated and updated with additional information on various features such as penes, cercopods, and cysts. Surface ornamentation of the cysts is species-specific and therefore useful in identification.

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