A morphological re-evaluation of the anostracan families Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae, with a redescription of the linderiellid Dexteria floridana (Dexter 1956) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda)

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

D. Christopher Rogers

Source:

Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Volume 486, Issue 1, p.57–61 (2002)

Call Number:

A02ROG02IDUS

Keywords:

Dexteria, Dexteria floridana, Linderiella

Abstract:

Previous molecular studies proposed that the Linderiellidae and Polyartemiidae should be subsumed into the Chirocephalidae. In an attempt to find morphological evidence to support this assertion, the author compared the genital morphology for representative genera of the Linderiellidae, Chirocephalidae, and Polyartemiidae. Penal morphology of the anostracan genera Linderiella and Dexteria appear to form a continuum between the Chirocephalidae and the Polyartemiidae. Furthermore, due to the limited information presented in the original description, Dexteria floridana is redescribed from type material.