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New records of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, and Spinicaudata) in Mexico

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This paper reports new distribution records of large branchiopods for Mexico following a three year survey of the Baja California peninsula. The occurance of the anostracans Thamnocephalus mexicanus (Linder, 1941) and T. platyurus (Packard, 1877), the notostracan Lepidurus lemmoni (Holmes, 1894), and the spinicaudatans Eulimnadia cylindrova (Belk, 1989) and E. texana (Packard,1871), all represent the first records for the peninsula. An undescribed species of the anostracan genus Streptocephalus is recorded from the state of Baja California (Norte). The occurrence of the notostracan genus Triops and four other anostracan species on the peninsula is also confirmed. The conchostracan Cyclestheria hislopi (Baird, 1859) is recorded from the state of Quintana Roo. The collections of Lepidurus and Cyclestheria are the first records for México. These records increase the number of species of large branchiopods reported fromMéxico to 36: 20 Anostraca, 3 Notostraca, 11 Spinicaudata, and 2Laevicaudata.

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  1. División de Biología Marina, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, S.C., Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, B.C.S, 23000, Mexico

    Alejandro M. Maeda-Martínez & Hortencia Obregón-Barboza

  2. Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico, Agropecuario 146, Padre Kino, San Quintín, B.C., Mexico

    Humberto García-Velazco

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Maeda-Martínez, A.M., Obregón-Barboza, H. & García-Velazco, H. New records of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, and Spinicaudata) in Mexico. Hydrobiologia 359, 63–69 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003142332493

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