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Bythotrephes lilljeborgi Korovchinsky 2018

Description

Bythotrephes lilljeborgi Korovchinsky, 2018

Material examined: Sweden, Halland: 1) samples SMNH N158351 and N158354 labeled “Sweden, Halland, Kragared, Ålsjön, July 1871, Smell”, 2 ad and 3 juv. and 8 ad, respectively.

Remarks. The morphometric data on the species are shown in Table 2. Generally, these and other features (Fig. 5 A-lower, C–F) were mostly similar to those ones specified in the original species description (see Korovchinsky 2018).

Previously, this rare species originally described from the Scandinavian Peninsula, was known in the south of Norway and in the southernmost Sweden (Skåne). Now it has been recorded in the neighboring Swedish province, Halland.

Notes

Published as part of Korovchinsky, Nikolai M., 2020, Description of a new species in the genus Bythotrephes Leydig, 1860 (Crustacea Cladocera: Onychopoda), supplements to selected species, and concluding remarks on the genus, pp. 441-465 in Zootaxa 4789 (2) on pages 451-452, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3887743

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SMNH
Family
Cercopagidae
Genus
Bythotrephes
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
N158351
Order
Diplostraca
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Korovchinsky
Species
lilljeborgi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bythotrephes lilljeborgi Korovchinsky, 2018 sec. Korovchinsky, 2020

References

  • Korovchinsky, N. M. (2018) Further revision of the genus Bythotrephes Leydig (Crustacea: Cladocera: Onychopoda): redescription of B. brevimanus Lilljeborg, reevaluation of B. cederstromii Schodler, and description of a new species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4379 (3), 347 - 387. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4379.3.2