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Biometrical key-characters for species separation during ontogenesis in fairy shrimps (Crustacea, Anostraca)

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Species identification at the larval stage in Anostraca is a major problem, particularly in field studies when two or more species are co-occuring. Investigation into the possibility of telling larval species apart was performed by means of a biometrical study on wild larvae and juveniles of six fairy shrimp species of the genera Chirocephalus, Branchipus and Tanymastix. A total of ten characters and their relationships with body length were analysed within each of the six developmental stages considered. Most of the variables differed significantly (P<0.001) among the taxa examined. Discriminant analysis allowed individuals to be differentiated according to species and to provided evidence of the existence of a few diagnostic traits of use as key-characters.

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Zarattini, P., Mura, G. Biometrical key-characters for species separation during ontogenesis in fairy shrimps (Crustacea, Anostraca). Hydrobiologia 513, 109–119 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:hydr.0000018176.93883.80

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