Unexpected high species richness of Bythotrephes Leydig, 1860 (Branchiopoda: Cladocera: Cercopagididae) in subalpine Austrian lakes, with the description of new taxa
Author
Korovchinsky, Nikolai M.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-04-12
5264
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77
93
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.5
1175-5326
7836203
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Bythotrephes longimanus longimanus
Leydig, 1860
The detailed redescription of the taxon with the designation of a
neotype
has been done by
Korovchinsky (2015)
.
The specimens of nominotypical subspecies have generally larger body size (up to
3.06 mm
) but their most pronounced diagnostic difference is the presence of large, directed more or less down, claws of postabdomen (6.6– 14.0% of body length) and caudal process (6.0–15% of body length) (
Table 2
).
Geographical distribution.
Deep subalpine lakes of
Switzerland
, Southern
Germany
, and Northern
Italy
. The occurrence of the taxon in
Great Britain
requires further confirmation.