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| Author(s): |
Perbiche-Neves, Gilmar
[1]
;
Boxshall, Geoff A.
[2]
;
da Rocha, Carlos E. F.
[1]
;
Nogueira, Marcos G.
[3]
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Zool, London SW7 5BD - England
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Zoologia; v. 29, n. 2, p. 172-179, APR 2012. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 3 |
| Abstract | |
The freshwater copepod Odontodiaptomus thomseni (Brehm, 1933) (Calanoida: Diaptomidae) is a rare species that has been reported only once - in its original description (BREHM 1933). The lack of subsequent records led to its inclusion in the Red List of threatened species (IUCN). Here we present a new record for O.thomseni. It was discovered in Salto Grande reservoir, which is located in the lower stretches of the Uruguay River, between Uruguay and Argentina, at the River Plate basin. In January 2010, three specimens (two males and one female) were found, and these were studied in detail using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). We only had material of Odontodiaptomus paulistanus (Wright, 1936) for comparison, but the position of the lateral spine in right P5 of the male, and the shape and size of lateral wings of the female are especially distinctive. Odontodiaptomus thomseni remains a rare species and we recommend keeping it on the IUCN Red List. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/02015-7 - Planktonic microcrustaceans (Cladocera and Copepoda) in reservoirs and lotic stretches of the La Plata Basin (Brazil, Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay): taxonomy, geographical distribution and ecological attributes |
| Grantee: | Gilmar Perbiche Neves |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/00014-6 - Limnological studies of large reservoirs of the River de la Plata Basin (Brazil, Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay): a spatial geographical approach and the influence of present and historical processes |
| Grantee: | Marcos Gomes Nogueira |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |