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The species group of Alona karua is raised to generic rank and named Karualona. The genus is defined on the basis of a number of characters of the body and its appendages. Tentative new microcharacters are introduced, related to the type and length of selected setae of P1, P2, P3 and P4. Two new species are described, one from the island of Socotra and one from Mexico. A key to the five currently recognized species is given.
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Dumont, H.J., Silva-Briano, M. Karualona n.gen. (Anomopoda: Chydoridae), with a description of two new species, and a key to all known species. Hydrobiologia 435, 61–82 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004006521874
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