Taphonomy and diagenesis in diatom assemblages; a Late Pleistocene palaeoecological study from Lake Magadi,Kenya

During these investigations the following species of Anostraca have been found: Chirocephalus diaphanus Prevost 1803, Chirocephalus brevipalpis (Orghidan, 1953), Streptocephalus torvicornis Waga 1892, Branchipus serbicus Marinek & Petrov 1988, Branchipus stagnalis L. (1758) and Branchipus sp. Thus, the total number of species discovered in Yugoslavia is 13.The shape of the frontal shield and the degree of flexure of the distal articles of antennae II in males are of no relevance to taxonomy in the genus Branchipus Schaeffer 1776. However, the apophyses on antennae II in males, shape of antennae II and of the ovisac in females, structure of eggs, and of appendages appear species-specific. We conclude that the differentiation of B. stagnalis into two forms (forma typica and forma visnyai) as well as the separation of B. visnyai Kertész 1956 as a distinct species are unfounded.