ISSN:
1573-5117
Keywords:
Anostraca
;
cave
;
Saudi Arabia
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Anostracans were found living in ephemeral pools in the dark sections of three caves on the As Summan Plateau in Saudi Arabia. Branchipus schaefferi Fischer, 1834 occurred alone in one while it cohabited with Streptocephalus torvicornisbucheti Daday, 1910 in a second cave; fairy shrimps were observed but not collected from the third. None of the specimens demonstrated any of the types of morphological changes typically associated with cave adapted species. This is likely due to continuing colonization of the pools during flooding events.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003120500150
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