Boeckella diamantina n.sp. (Calanoida,Centropagidae), from a high Andean lake in Mendoza,Argentina |
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Authors: | Menu-Marque S. A. Zúñiga L. R. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento De Biología, Facultad De Ciencias Exactas Y Naturales, Universidad De Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, 40 Piso, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina;(2) Instituto De Biología, Ecología, Universidad Católica De Valparaíso, 4059 Casilla, Valparaíso, Chile |
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Abstract: | A new species of Boeckella from limnetic samples of Laguna del Diamante, a high lake in the Andes (34°10 S) is described and illustrated. The species is defined by the characters of the male fifth leg: the right two segmented endopod bears four peculiar, short, claw-like spines, the left endopod is a simple finger-like projection. This species is related to B. gibbosa, also a species from the Andes and B. vallentini from Malvinas (Falkland Islands) and other subantarctic islands. It is distinguished from them by diagnostic features of the fifth legs of the male and abdominal structure and fifth legs of the female. Some current views on the features used in the taxonomy of the genus Boeckella are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Centropagidae Boeckella new species freshwater mountain lake |
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