Spinicaudata Catalogus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda).
Author
Rogers, D. Christopher
text
Zoological Studies
2020
2020-08-05
59
45
1
44
http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2020.59-45
journal article
10.6620/ZS.2020.59-45
1810-522X
Leptestheria brevispina
García & Pereira, 2003
Comments
:
Venezuela
.
Leptestheria caeciliae
(
Gauthier, 1951
)
=
Leptestheriella caeciliae
Gauthier, 1951
Comments
: “Station 5 – Poull Bourgou” near
Tambacounda
,
Senegal
is the only known locality. Should be closely compared with
L. laurentii
, which is known from one pool in the same vicinity. The two taxa are separated primarily on carapace ornamentation, and are probably the same species.