Eulimnadia (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) in Western Australia: Three New Species and a Description of a Rediscovered Species. Issue 3 (1st May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Timms, Brian V.
• Is Part Of: Journal of crustacean biology. Volume 35:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 441
• Page End: 453
• Publication Date: 2015-05-01
• Subjects: clam shrimp -- claspers -- climate change -- resting eggs; Crustacea -- Periodicals; Crustacés -- Périodiques; Crustacea; Periodicals; 595.305
• DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002326
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0278-0372

Abstract

Abstract: Australia has a far greater diversity of Eulimnadia than previously reported. Eulimnadia feriensis has been rediscovered and redescribed. It is unusual in having a spiniform ventroposterior projection on the telson and a spiny clasper. Three new species of Eulimnadia are also presented, each with atypical claspers and complex egg morphology. All four species occur mainly in southern Western Australia, a known hotspot for branchiopod diversification associated with long term climate change.