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New semi-terrestrial chydorids from the tropical rainforest of southwest Cameroon (Africa): Nicsmirnovius camerounensis n.gen. n.sp. and Bryospilus africanus n.sp (Crustacea: Anomopoda)

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Abstract

Two new chydorids, Nicsmirnovius camerounensis (gen. nov., sp. nov.) and Bryospilus africanus n.sp. are described, based on material from Korup, Mundemba, Bakingili and Debunscha, all in the rainforests of southwest Cameroon. Morphological structures show that both taxa are only remotely related, and that, while Nicsmirnovius is clearly an alonine, Bryospilus might well be a chydorine chydorid. Small, taxonomically non-significant differences occurred among specimens of Bryospilus recorded in three different forest areas.

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  1. Research Center for Fisheries and Oceanography (I.R.A.D.), Batoke, PMB 77 Limbe, Cameroon Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, State University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium Tel: +

    George Y. Chiambeng

  2. Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, State University of Ghent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium Tel: +

    Henri J. Dumont

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Chiambeng, G.Y., Dumont, H.J. New semi-terrestrial chydorids from the tropical rainforest of southwest Cameroon (Africa): Nicsmirnovius camerounensis n.gen. n.sp. and Bryospilus africanus n.sp (Crustacea: Anomopoda). Hydrobiologia 391, 257–264 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003606306093

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