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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD661FFD4FF46A149FEE0FB93" bold="true" box="[151,286,1086,1111]" pageId="1" pageNumber="400">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named in honor of Dr Lourdes Maria Elmoor-Loureiro, renowned investigator of the 
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, a leader of a new generation of the South American cladocerologists.
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locality.
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Ciénaga Grande de Santa 
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, Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, Puebloviejo, Magdalena Department, 
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, 
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). The 
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series contains only three females, which were collected on March and November of 2009 by J. M. Fuentes Reinés.
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. Parthenogenetic female deposited at the Museo de Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Atlántico – 
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Undisected female preserved in alcohol (
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173M), and dissected female (
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174M- 178M).
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD661FFD4FF16A0F5FEA7FA5F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1410,1435]" pageId="1" pageNumber="400">Description.</emphasis>
Parthenogenetic female. 
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. In lateral view, body triangular-ovoid, maximum height in posterior half, height/length = 0.66–0.71 (
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A). Dorsal margin slightly and regularly convex, postero-dorsal angle rounded although expressed. Postero-ventral angle broadly rounded; ventral margin regularly convex. Coarse striation on dorsal and posterior portions of valves (
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B), valves and head shield with a well-expressed fine striation within the lines of coarse reticulation (
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C).
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relatively small, triangle-round in lateral view, with a relatively short, downward pointing rostrum (
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D). Compound eye and ocellus subequal in size, distance from tip of rostrum to ocellus somewhat larger than between ocellus and eye. Head shield wide, in posterior portion three closely located major head pores of subequal size, with connection between them, post-pore distance about 3–4 inter-pore distance (
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E). Lateral head pores about 0.4 inter-pore distance from midline, slightly anterior to level of central major head pore, all head pores located on a plate without striation (
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E–F). Labrum with large medial labral keel, triangular-ovoid, with welldefined apex; posterior margin straight, anterior margin undulated, with a fringe of long setules from base to apex (
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G, arrows); on sides of keel there are few lateral groups of long setules.
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<paragraph id="4874E368D661FFD4FF16A221FDAFF81F" blockId="1.[151,1437,1086,2011]" pageId="1" pageNumber="400">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD661FFD4FF16A221FEF1F8AB" box="[199,271,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="400">Valves</emphasis>
large, subovoid, with numerous setae on ventral margin, longest in posterior half (
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H). In middle of margin bases located slightly submarginally, no setules between them were seen (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD661FFD4FBF6A20DFB9BF857" box="[1063,1125,1914,1939]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1899,1921]" captionTargetBox="[198,1387,183,1898]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1392,167,1904]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, lateral view. B – C, valves at different magnification. D, head. E, posteror portion of head shield. F, dorsal head pores. G, labrum. H, valve ventral portion. I – J, setae at ventral margin of valve. K, armature of postero-ventral valve margin. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, D, H; 0.01 mm for C, E – G, I – K." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225092/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="400">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
H–J). Posteriorly to the last marginal seta, a row of submarginal setules starts on inner valve face of valve posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD661FFD4FB18A2E9FAF6F873" box="[1225,1288,1950,1975]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1899,1921]" captionTargetBox="[198,1387,183,1898]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[195,1392,167,1904]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, lateral view. B – C, valves at different magnification. D, head. E, posteror portion of head shield. F, dorsal head pores. G, labrum. H, valve ventral portion. I – J, setae at ventral margin of valve. K, armature of postero-ventral valve margin. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, D, H; 0.01 mm for C, E – G, I – K." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225092/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="400">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
K). Marginal membrane (see 
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) not found.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4874E368D662FFD7FF46A21CFC6EF819" blockId="2.[151,1436,1899,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="401">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD662FFD7FF46A21CFEE7F844" bold="true" box="[151,281,1899,1921]" pageId="2" pageNumber="401">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD662FFD7FEF4A21CFE80F845" box="[293,382,1899,1921]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="401">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD662FFD7FE42A21CFDF3F845" box="[403,525,1899,1921]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="401">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD662FFD7FDF3A21CFD7BF845" box="[546,645,1899,1921]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="401">lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D662FFD7FD43A21BFD16F845" box="[658,744,1900,1921]" pageId="2" pageNumber="401" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, lateral view. B–C, valves at different magnification. D, head. E, posteror portion of head shield. F, dorsal head pores. G, labrum. H, valve ventral portion. I–J, setae at ventral margin of valve. K, armature of postero-ventral valve margin. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A–B, D, H; 0.01 mm for C, E–G, I–K.
</paragraph>
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<caption id="1CB4B3E0D663FFD6FF46A20EFEB1F82F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="402" targetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph id="4874E368D663FFD6FF46A20EFEB1F82F" blockId="3.[151,1436,1913,2027]" pageId="3" pageNumber="402">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD663FFD6FF46A20EFEE7F84A" bold="true" box="[151,281,1913,1935]" pageId="3" pageNumber="402">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD663FFD6FEF4A20EFE80F84B" box="[293,382,1913,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="402">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD663FFD6FE42A20EFDF3F84B" box="[403,525,1913,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="402">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD663FFD6FDF3A20EFD7BF84B" box="[546,645,1913,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="402">lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD663FFD6FD43A20EFD16F84A" bold="true" box="[658,744,1913,1934]" pageId="3" pageNumber="402">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D663FFD6FD43A20EFD16F84A" box="[658,744,1913,1934]" pageId="3" pageNumber="402" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F–G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A–B, H; 0.01 mm for C–G.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="1CB4B3E0D664FFD1FF46A2D7FA82F837" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="403" targetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" targetPageId="4">
<paragraph id="4874E368D664FFD1FF46A2D7FA82F837" blockId="4.[151,1436,1952,2035]" pageId="4" pageNumber="403">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD664FFD1FF46A2D7FEECF871" bold="true" box="[151,274,1952,1974]" pageId="4" pageNumber="403">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD664FFD1FEC9A2D7FE8EF872" box="[280,368,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="403">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD664FFD1FE51A2D7FE04F872" box="[384,506,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="403">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD664FFD1FDD8A2D7FD92F872" box="[521,620,1952,1974]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="403">lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD664FFD1FDA3A2D7FD3CF871" bold="true" box="[626,706,1952,1973]" pageId="4" pageNumber="403">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D664FFD1FDA3A2D7FD3CF871" box="[626,706,1952,1973]" pageId="4" pageNumber="403" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C–D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A–D, H; 0.01 mm for E–G.
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="4874E368D665FFD0FF46A2E1FAD3F82D" blockId="5.[151,1436,1942,2025]" pageId="5" pageNumber="404">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD665FFD0FF46A2E1FEEDF86F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1942,1964]" pageId="5" pageNumber="404">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD665FFD0FECAA2E1FE8AF868" box="[283,372,1942,1964]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="404">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD665FFD0FE52A2E1FE03F868" box="[387,509,1942,1964]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="404">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD665FFD0FDDCA2E1FD8EF868" box="[525,624,1942,1964]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="404">lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D665FFD0FDA6A2E1FD37F86F" box="[631,713,1942,1963]" pageId="5" pageNumber="404" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A–B, exopodite of limb III. C–D, inner portion of limb III. E, limb IV. F, distal portion of exopodite IV. G, inner portion of limb IV. H, limb V. Scale bars 0.1 mm for E, H; 0.01 mm for A–D, F–G.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A5E0FC29FE30" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A5E0FE9EFF74" box="[199,352,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Postabdomen</emphasis>
robust, with maximum height in middle (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FCE9A5E0FC82FF74" box="[824,892,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A). Ventral margin straight, but its distal portion sloping towards the postabdominal claw (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FDBCA5CBFD4EFF10" box="[621,688,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A, arrow). Preanal margin (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FC37A5CBFBD4FF10" box="[998,1066,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B, arrow) somewhat shorter than anus, somewhat undulated, but lacking distinct hillocks; preanal and postanal angles expressed, dorso-distal angle of postabdomen smooth, distal margin well-expressed. Postanal marginal denticles in numerous clusters. On postanal margin, about 9 or 10 fascicles of stout lateral setae, 3 or 4 setae in each fascicle on distal portion, size of setae regularly decreasing from marginalmost to medialmost ones (
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C). Numerous fascicles of lateral setules on basal half of postanal and anal margin (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FDA2A418FD48FE4C" box="[627,694,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
D). Postabdominal seta (
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B) about two times longer than anal plus preanal margin; its distal segment somewhat shorter than basal one. Postabdominal claw almost straight, approximately as long as preanal plus anal portion of postabdomen. On lateral side, two successive series of slender setules along the dorsal margin. Basal spine fully absent (
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E).
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A777FAE4FD9B" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A777FEC9FDDC" box="[199,311,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Antenna I</emphasis>
not reaching tip of rostrum, with 4 transverse rows of long setules on anterior face (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FAC4A488FAA4FDDC" box="[1301,1370,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
F–G). Sensory seta (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FEE6A753FE85FDF8" box="[311,379,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
F, arrow) slender, arising at distance of about 1/3 of appendage length from distal end. Nine aesthetascs of slightly varied size, largest more than half as long as appendage, reaching tip of rostrum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A71BFC6EFC99" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A71BFEBDFD40" box="[199,323,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Antenna II</emphasis>
relatively short, antennal branches elongated (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FCB9A71BFC4EFD40" box="[872,944,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1913,1935]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,182,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[135,1452,171,1911]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, postabdomen. B, postabdomen preanal and anal margin. C, distal portion of postanal margin. D, proximal portion of postanal margin. E, postabdominal claws. F – G, antenna I. H, antenna II. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – B, H; 0.01 mm for C – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225093/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
H). Antennal formula, setae 0–0–3/1–1–3, spines 1–0–1/0–0–1 (see discussion of true spines and spine-like setules by 
<bibRefCitation id="2C5A9E99D666FFD3FC2EA7E7FB58FD6C" author="Kotov" box="[1023,1190,656,680]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405" refString="Kotov, A. A. (2009) A revision of Leydigia Kurz, 1875 (Anomopoda, Cladocera, Branchiopoda), and subgeneric differentiation within the genus. Zootaxa, 2082, 1 - 68." type="journal article" year="2009">Kotov (2009))</bibRefCitation>
. On both exopod and endopod three long apical swimming setae different in size (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FC98A7C3FC72FD08" box="[841,908,692,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A), distal lateral seta shorter than apical setae, proximal lateral seta reaching distal end of exopod (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FD3DA7A0FCCEFD34" box="[748,816,727,752]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B, arrow). Spine on proximal segment of exopod very long, projecting beyond middle of apical segment (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FD0FA78BFCDFFCD0" box="[734,801,764,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A, arrow); 2–3 very long (almost reaching distal end of segment) and stout spine-like setules on first and second endopod segment (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FC3FA668FBCFFCFC" box="[1006,1073,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C). Apical spines of exopod and endopod of subequal length, obviously longer than apical segments.
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A610FCB2FC29" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A610FEA1FC44" box="[199,351,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Trunk limb I</emphasis>
typical for the genus, without accessory seta, outer distal lobe large, elongate, somewhat narrowing distally, bears a long seta with distal segment unilaterally armed with strong setules (
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D, arrow); inner distal lobe with few long and strong marginal setules (
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E, arrow) and three bisegmented setae, different in size but similar in setulation. A maxillar process not found.
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A680FA70FBB8" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A680FE9FFBD4" box="[199,353,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Trunk limb II</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FEA2A680FE49FBD4" box="[371,439,1015,1040]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F) with a globular epipodite and small exopodite lacking setae (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FB4FA680FB1CFBD4" box="[1182,1250,1015,1040]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
G, arrow). Inner portion of limb with eight scrapers (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FDE6A16BFD86FBF0" box="[567,632,1052,1077]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F-G, 1–8). Distalmost scraper 1 very large, with naked basal segment. Few small projections posterior to scrapers 2–4. Distal armature of gnathobase II with four setae; filter plate with seven setae (some of them were occasionally removed during our dissecting of specimen, represented in 
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FAFCA113FA90FBB8" box="[1325,1390,1124,1149]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F).
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A1F0FCC7FA90" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A1F0FE98FB64" box="[199,358,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Trunk limb III</emphasis>
with sub-globular epipodite (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FD64A1F0FD09FB64" box="[693,759,1159,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
H, arrow); exopodite rectangular, elongated, with two distal (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FF4EA1DBFF1DFB00" box="[159,227,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
H, 1–2) and three lateral setae (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FD87A1DBFD65FB00" box="[598,667,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[219,1377,191,1927]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[208,1392,179,1944]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., head and thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A, exopod of antenna II. C – D, endopod of antenna II. D, limb I. E, inner distal portion of limb I. F, limb II. G, distal portion of limb II. H, limb III. Scale bars 0.1 mm for A – D, H; 0.01 mm for E – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225094/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
H, 3–5). Seta 1 with proximal segment unilaterally armed by long setules and distal segment bearing long setules, seta 2 specially long, with naked proximal segment and distal segment armed by few long, robust setules (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FD51A183FD3DFAC8" box="[640,707,1268,1293]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1942,1964]" captionTargetBox="[220,1372,210,1919]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[203,1386,193,1934]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A – B, exopodite of limb III. C – D, inner portion of limb III. E, limb IV. F, distal portion of exopodite IV. G, inner portion of limb IV. H, limb V. Scale bars 0.1 mm for E, H; 0.01 mm for A – D, F – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225095/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
A). Size of lateral setae 3–5 regularly decreasing proximally (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FABEA183FF59FAF4" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1942,1964]" captionTargetBox="[220,1372,210,1919]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[203,1386,193,1934]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A – B, exopodite of limb III. C – D, inner portion of limb III. E, limb IV. F, distal portion of exopodite IV. G, inner portion of limb IV. H, limb V. Scale bars 0.1 mm for E, H; 0.01 mm for A – D, F – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225095/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
B). Distal endite with three stiff setae (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FD82A060FD6BFAF4" box="[595,661,1303,1328]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1942,1964]" captionTargetBox="[220,1372,210,1919]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[203,1386,193,1934]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A – B, exopodite of limb III. C – D, inner portion of limb III. E, limb IV. F, distal portion of exopodite IV. G, inner portion of limb IV. H, limb V. Scale bars 0.1 mm for E, H; 0.01 mm for A – D, F – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225095/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
C, 1–3), seta 1 specially long and stiff, seta 3 armed distally by longer setules (
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D). The rest of limb as in 
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(
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D).
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A028FBAAF9CC" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A028FE9DFABC" box="[199,355,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Trunk limb IV</emphasis>
with a small pre-epipodite and globular epipodite (
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E, arrows). Exopodite wide, subovoid, with six setae (
<figureCitation id="D0F0FFEDD666FFD3FE92A0F3FE79FA58" box="[323,391,1412,1437]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1942,1964]" captionTargetBox="[220,1372,210,1919]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[203,1386,193,1934]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Leydigia (Neoleydigia) lourdesae sp. nov., thoracic appendages of parthenogenetic female from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia (type locality). A – B, exopodite of limb III. C – D, inner portion of limb III. E, limb IV. F, distal portion of exopodite IV. G, inner portion of limb IV. H, limb V. Scale bars 0.1 mm for E, H; 0.01 mm for A – D, F – G." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225095/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
E–F, 1–6), seta 1 shortest, all setae (including 1 and 2) with a similar armature of long, fine setules. Inner portion of limb IV with four marginal setae (
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G, 1–4), seta 1 stout, setae 2–4 with inflated proximal segments and slender, unilaterally setulated distal segments, in seta 2 proximal segment also setulated. Filter plate with five setae, distalmost with inflated basal segment and fully setulated.
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A363FB81F9B1" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A363FEA0F9E8" box="[199,350,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Trunk limb V</emphasis>
with a setose pre-epipodite, and globular epipodite of similar size (
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H). Exopodite large, with four setae. Inner limb portion as a flat lobe, with setose inner margin. On inner face, two setulated setae of unequal length. Distal armature of gnathobase a setulated lobe, two setae in “filter plate”.
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<paragraph id="4874E368D666FFD3FF16A308FDF2F95C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2015]" box="[199,524,1663,1688]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Ephippium, male. Unknown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A3D3FF00F979" bold="true" box="[199,254,1700,1725]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Size.</emphasis>
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; parthenogenetic females from 
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locality 
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(n=3).
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A3B0FE2FF924" bold="true" box="[199,465,1735,1760]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FE0DA3BEFD95F924" box="[476,619,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">L. lourdesae</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
is a member of the subgenus 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FBEFA3B0FB5EF924" box="[1086,1184,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FB64A3B0FAC2F924" box="[1205,1340,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
) 
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, having all diagnostic characters of the latter. It could be the closest relative of 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FBB1A39AFB30F8C1" box="[1120,1230,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">L. iberica</emphasis>
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, having a unique synapomorphy with the latter, five setae on exopodite III. Differences between two these taxa are listed in 
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.
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FF16A220FE0BF8B4" bold="true" box="[199,501,1879,1904]" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Distribution and ecology.</emphasis>
The species is known only from a single locality, Ciénaga Grande de Santa 
<collectingCountry id="30DCA3F8D666FFD3FA88A22EFA62F8B4" box="[1369,1436,1881,1904]" name="Malta" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Marta</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="30DCA3F8D666FFD3FF4FA209FEEDF853" box="[158,275,1918,1943]" name="Colombia" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Colombia</collectingCountry>
). This large (surface area of 
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2) lagoon system is a shallow water body (depth 
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only), with temperature ranging over the season between 25.3–31.1ºC; dissolved oxygen 
<quantity id="8F334E8DD666FFD3FB85A2D5FB29F87F" box="[1108,1239,1954,1979]" metricMagnitude="-6" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="7.6" metricValueMin="2.4" pageId="6" pageNumber="405" unit="mg" value="5.0" valueMax="7.6" valueMin="2.4">2.4–7.6 mg</quantity>
/L; salinity 0–0.4 PSU. Submerged and floating aquatic vegetation is abundant, represented by patches of 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD666FFD3FB58A2B1FA94F81B" box="[1161,1386,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="405">Eichornia crassipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FF46A5E0FEF1FF74" box="[151,271,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Nymphaea</emphasis>
cf. 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FEE9A5E0FE5FFF74" box="[312,417,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">pulchella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
surrounding the mouth of Sevilla River. Totally, 45 species of 
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were found in this water body (
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Fuentes-Reinés 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FE09A5CAFDEEFF11" box="[472,528,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
; Fuentes-Reinés &amp; Zoppi de 
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FF46A473FEF4FEDF" bold="true" box="[151,266,260,283]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Differences between 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FE23A474FDB1FEDF" box="[498,591,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FD8EA473FD8FFEDF" box="[607,625,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">N</emphasis>
.) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FD56A474FD11FEDF" box="[647,751,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FD27A473FCB2FEDF" bold="true" box="[758,844,260,283]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D667FFD2FD27A473FCB2FEDF" box="[758,844,260,283]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FCAEA473FC6BFEDF" box="[895,917,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FC75A473FC48FEDF" box="[932,950,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">N</emphasis>
.) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FC1DA474FBE9FEDF" box="[972,1047,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">iberica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="4874E368D667FFD2FF4EA441FEE5FC31" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
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<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A441FA8AFE89" box="[151,1396,310,333]" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A441FD5CFE89" box="[151,674,310,333]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Character</th>
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A441FC0AFE89" box="[713,1012,310,333]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<taxonomicName id="8FCB98EBD667FFD2FD18A44FFCA4FE88" box="[713,858,310,333]" class="Branchiopoda" genus="Leydigia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iberica" subGenus="Neoleydigia">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FD18A44FFD20FE89" box="[713,734,312,333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FD3DA44FFD03FE89" box="[748,765,312,333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">N</emphasis>
.) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FCC3A441FCA4FE88" box="[786,858,310,332]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">iberica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A441FA8AFE89" box="[1057,1396,310,333]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<taxonomicName id="8FCB98EBD667FFD2FBF3A44FFB30FE88" box="[1058,1230,310,333]" class="Branchiopoda" genus="Leydigia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lourdesae" subGenus="Neoleydigia">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FBF3A44FFBC9FE89" box="[1058,1079,312,333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FB94A44FFBA8FE89" box="[1093,1110,312,333]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">N</emphasis>
.) 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FBBAA441FB30FE88" box="[1131,1230,310,332]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A412FA8AFE66" box="[151,1396,357,418]" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A412FD5CFE66" box="[151,674,357,418]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Post-pore distance/inter-pore distance Setules between setae on ventral margin</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A412FC0AFE66" box="[713,1012,357,418]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">7–8 present</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A412FA8AFE66" box="[1057,1396,357,418]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">3–4 absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A4C2FA8AFE2E" box="[151,1396,437,490]" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A4C2FD5CFE2E" box="[151,674,437,490]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Postabdomen ventral margin</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A4C2FC0AFE2E" box="[713,1012,437,490]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">slightly, regularly convex</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A4C2FA8AFE2E" box="[1057,1396,437,490]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">distal portion sloping towards the postabdominal claw</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A48AFA8AFDD7" box="[151,1396,509,531]" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A48AFD5CFDD7" box="[151,674,509,531]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Preanal margin</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A48AFC0AFDD7" box="[713,1012,509,531]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">with distinct hillocks</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A48AFA8AFDD7" box="[1057,1396,509,531]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">undulated</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A751FA8AFDF8" box="[151,1396,550,572]" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A751FD5CFDF8" box="[151,674,550,572]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Antennular sensory seta arises</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A751FC0AFDF8" box="[713,1012,550,572]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">at 1/5–1/6 of antenna I length</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A751FA8AFDF8" box="[1057,1396,550,572]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">at 1/3 of antenna I length</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A727FA8AFD40" box="[151,1396,592,644]" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A727FD5CFD40" box="[151,674,592,644]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Spine at proximal segment of exopod of antenna II almost reaching tip of exopod</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A727FC0AFD40" box="[713,1012,592,644]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">no</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A727FA8AFD40" box="[1057,1396,592,644]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">yes</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A7EFFA8AFD08" box="[151,1396,664,716]" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A7EFFD5CFD08" box="[151,674,664,716]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Spine-like setules on endopod of antenna II projecting beyond middle of next segment</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A7EFFC0AFD08" box="[713,1012,664,716]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">no</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A7EFFA8AFD08" box="[1057,1396,664,716]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">yes</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A797FA8AFD32" box="[151,1396,736,758]" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A797FD5CFD32" box="[151,674,736,758]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Marginal setules on inner-distal lobe of limb I</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A797FC0AFD32" box="[713,1012,736,758]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">fine and numerous (15–20)</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A797FA8AFD32" box="[1057,1396,736,758]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">strong, about 5–6 in number</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A67EFA8AFCDB" box="[151,1396,777,799]" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A67EFD5CFCDB" box="[151,674,777,799]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Proximal segment of seta 1 on limb II</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A67EFC0AFCDB" box="[713,1012,777,799]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">with long hairs</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A67EFA8AFCDB" box="[1057,1396,777,799]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">naked</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A645FA8AFC8C" box="[151,1396,818,840]" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A645FD5CFC8C" box="[151,674,818,840]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Seta 2 on exopodite III</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A645FC0AFC8C" box="[713,1012,818,840]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">with fine setules</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A645FA8AFC8C" box="[1057,1396,818,840]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">with few robust setules</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A62BFA8AFCB6" box="[151,1396,860,882]" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A62BFD5CFCB6" box="[151,674,860,882]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Setae 3–4 on exopodite III</th>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFD18A62BFC0AFCB6" box="[713,1012,860,882]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">seta 4 longest</td>
<td id="B52A8856D667002AFBF0A62BFA8AFCB6" box="[1057,1396,860,882]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">descreasing in size proximally</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6FBE12AD667002AFF46A6ACFA8AFC31" box="[151,1396,987,1013]" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="B52A8856D667002AFF46A6ACFD5CFC31" box="[151,674,987,1013]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Discussion</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4874E368D667FFD2FF46A156FEC4FA2E" blockId="7.[151,1436,1057,2018]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FF46A156FF04FBFE" box="[151,250,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Leydigia</emphasis>
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is a genus unique for the 
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and for all the 
<taxonomicName id="8FCB98EBD667FFD2FCF6A156FC67FBFE" box="[807,921,1057,1082]" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cladocera" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" rank="order">Cladocera</taxonomicName>
having a number of setae on the exopodite III variable between different species from 3 to 7 (
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). The cause of two presumably related species, 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FA54A131FEFAFB46" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L. lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FEDAA11EFE9BFB46" bold="true" box="[267,357,1129,1154]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D667FFD2FEDAA11EFE9BFB46" box="[267,357,1129,1154]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FE4AA11DFDF9FB46" box="[411,519,1129,1154]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L. iberica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, shows that not only number, but also size and armature of the setae on exopodite III is very important for the discrimination of the species in 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FCE9A1FAFC64FB62" box="[824,922,1165,1190]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Leydigia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
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). 
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concluded that the seta 2 on exopodite III &quot;serves as a cleaner of the more posterior exopods&quot;. In general, just distalmost portions of the limbs (large seta of outer distal lobe of limb I, marginal setules on inner distal lobe of limb I, seta 1 on limb II, setae 1–2 on exopodite III, seta 1 on inner portion of limb III, setae 1–2 on exopodite IV) — presumably cleaning structures — bear most valuable characters for the 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FCEEA06AFC5FFAF2" box="[831,929,1309,1334]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Leydigia</emphasis>
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taxonomy. Peculiarities of their morphology could be explained as adaptations to the life in a particular substratum, where the species lives. We need to underline that such &quot;fine&quot; differences in the troracic limbs are more important for the taxonomy of many anomopod groups than, for example, body shape: very variable, ecologically plastic trait. Unfortunately, even recently, many hydrobiologists dealing with the 
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ignore their troracic limbs and newer dissect the specimens for their determination.
</paragraph>
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Differences in shape and spinulation of the postabdomen and size of spines on antenna II could be explained in terms of functional morphology. Postabdomen, the main pushing organ of benthic (and some vegetation-living) taxa of the 
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, is traditionally regarded as the main sourse of their diagnostic characters (
<bibRefCitation id="2C5A9E99D667FFD2FB23A34AFA69F992" author="Smirnov" box="[1266,1431,1597,1622]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" refString="Smirnov, N. N. (1996) Cladocera: the Chydorinae and Sayciinae (Chydoridae) of the world. Guides to the identification of the microivertebrates of the Continental Waters of the world. Vol. 11. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, 197 pp." type="book" year="1996">Smirnov 1996</bibRefCitation>
; 
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; 
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Van Damme 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FE05A315FDECF9BE" box="[468,530,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
; 
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). The spines on antenna II are also very characteristic for truly benthic animals (
<bibRefCitation id="2C5A9E99D667FFD2FDB3A3F1FD1BF95A" author="Fryer" box="[610,741,1669,1694]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" refString="Fryer, G. (1968) Evolution and adaptive radiation in the Chydoridae (Crustacea: Cladocera): a study in comparative functional morphology and ecology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences, 254, 221 - 385." type="journal article" year="1968">Fryer 1968</bibRefCitation>
; 
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), and their size has a great significance for the taxonomy of different groups of the 
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.
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="2C5A9E99D667FFD2FF16A3B9FE4DF922" author="Kotov" box="[199,435,1741,1766]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" refString="Kotov, A. A. (2009) A revision of Leydigia Kurz, 1875 (Anomopoda, Cladocera, Branchiopoda), and subgeneric differentiation within the genus. Zootaxa, 2082, 1 - 68." type="journal article" year="2009">Kotov (2009, P. 53)</bibRefCitation>
concluded that within the subgenus 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FCBFA3BAFC2EF922" box="[878,976,1741,1766]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FC37A3BAFB93F922" box="[998,1133,1741,1766]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
there are (1) a compact 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FF46A386FEA5F8CE" box="[151,347,1777,1802]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">acanthocercoides</emphasis>
-group, and (2) a series of basal taxa, which are endemics of the Iberian Peninsula, 
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(especially, Cape Area) and 
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. Subsequently, even two more taxa, endemics of the Iberian Peninsula, were described (
<bibRefCitation id="2C5A9E99D667FFD2FEC6A24DFDD5F896" author="Kotov" box="[279,555,1849,1874]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" refString="Kotov, A. A. &amp; Alonso, M. (2010) Two new species of Leydigia Kurz, 1875 (Chydoridae, Cladocera) from Spain. Zootaxa, 2673, 39 - 55." type="journal article" year="2010">Kotov &amp; Alonso 2010</bibRefCitation>
). Now we found one more basal taxon of the 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FBB9A24EFB34F896" box="[1128,1226,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Leydigia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FB31A24EFA99F896" box="[1248,1383,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FA54A24DFEFAF8B2" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L. lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FEDDA22AFE98F8B2" bold="true" box="[268,358,1885,1910]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D667FFD2FEDDA22AFE98F8B2" box="[268,358,1885,1910]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and added one more region where such taxa are present. In addition, it is the first record of the basal neoleydigias from the South American continent.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="8FCB98EBD667FFD2FF16A2D1FEAAF87A" box="[199,340,1957,1982]" class="Branchiopoda" genus="Leydigia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lourdesae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FF16A2D1FEAAF87A" box="[199,340,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">L. lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD667FFD2FE8CA2D2FE47F87A" bold="true" box="[349,441,1957,1982]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D667FFD2FE8CA2D2FE47F87A" box="[349,441,1957,1982]" pageId="7" pageNumber="406" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
was found only in a single locality of 
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in the course of a special program to investigate numerous water bodies in this country. Therefore at this level of study it seems to be a locally distributed species. Also this is a rare species even in its 
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locality since only 
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were found as a result of several sampling campaigns. Endemism and rarity are characteristic signs of the relict taxa.
</paragraph>
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Cladoceran taxa of generic rank could be very old, of Mesozoic origin before the disruption of recent continents (
<bibRefCitation id="2C5A9E99D668FFDDFECDA473FDE2FED8" author="Kotov" box="[284,540,260,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="407" refString="Kotov, A. A. &amp; Taylor, D. J. (2011) Mesozoic fossils (&gt; 145 Mya) suggest the antiquity of the subgenera of Daphnia and their coevolution with chaoborid predators. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 129. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1186 / 1471 - 2148 - 11 - 129" type="journal article" year="2011">Kotov &amp; Taylor 2011</bibRefCitation>
). 
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proposed that many cladoceran taxa passed through a mass extinction in Caenozoic due to strong climate changes, first of all, aridization of large territories on the planet. We believe that the basal taxa of 
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFDCAA43AFDD4FEA0" box="[539,554,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">L</emphasis>
. (
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFD95A43BFD35FEA1" box="[580,715,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">Neoleydigia</emphasis>
) are remains of an antique pan-continental group, probably of Mesozoic age, partly surviving after the mass extinction and represented now by a series of locally distributed taxa in very distant localities of the planet (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4874E368D668FFDDFF16A4CEFECDFD40" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,644]" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFF16A4CEFEACFE14" box="[199,338,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">L. lourdesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFE8AA4C0FE48FE14" bold="true" box="[347,438,439,464]" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="618C8201D668FFDDFE8AA4C0FE48FE14" box="[347,438,439,464]" pageId="8" pageNumber="407" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is morphologically similar to 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFCDFA4CEFC82FE14" box="[782,892,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">L. iberica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We cannot understand now, whether 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFAFFA4CEFA62FE14" box="[1326,1436,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">L. iberica</emphasis>
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species a is monophyletic group? The final conclusion could be done only as a result of a molecular genetic study of the genus 
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<emphasis id="7ABF3F7AD668FFDDFEF4A488FE79FDDC" box="[293,391,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="407">Leydigia</emphasis>
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. But it is a very difficult task as most hydrobiologists deal with the plankton only, and benthic species are collected mainly occasionally. Apparently the hydrobiologists around the world need to pay more attention to benthic cladocerans, which are a source of unrecorded taxa, as it was demonstrated once more in present paper.
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