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Postembryonic Development of Cladocera Males of the Family Podonidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968 (Cladocera, Onychopoda)

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The postembryonic development of males of marine Cladocera (Crustacea) of the family Podonidae was studied for the first time, based on two common species from the White Sea, Evadne nordmanni Loven 1836 and Pleopis polyphemoides (Leuckart 1859). The development of podonid males includes two juvenile stages which differ in the size of the testes, the shape and size of the penis, and the morphology of the copulatory hook on the distal segment of the endopodite of thoracic limb I. The females of Podonidae are pedogenetic and lack juvenile stages. Males of Podonidae retain the plesiomorphic postembryonal development, suggesting different rates of evolution in both sexes in this family.

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The authors are grateful to the staff of the Pertsov White Sea Biological Station, Moscow State University, where the material was collected.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 16-04-00581. The authors are grateful to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for supporting the conference “Crustaceans: Diversity, Ecology, Evolution” (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, October 30–November 2, 2017), where this communication was presented as a poster presentation.

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    A. Yu. Sinev & E. K. Degtyareva

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Sinev, A.Y., Degtyareva, E.K. Postembryonic Development of Cladocera Males of the Family Podonidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968 (Cladocera, Onychopoda). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 46, 844–849 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019080144

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