ISSN:
1573-5117
Keywords:
anostracan genera
;
generic characters
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The species of the anostracan genusEubranchipus Verrill, 1870 can be recognized as belonging to the same taxon and unambiguously distinguished from all other taxa in the family Chirocephalidae Daday, 1910 by the common morphology of their eversible penes. These reproductive structures are short, fat, and cylindrical with a single long, thin spine on the lateral margin at the tip of each penis. This ends the erroneous perception ofEubranchipus as a New World genus and recognizes it as an old taxon with members distributed accross the modern continents that once comprised Laurasia.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00033818