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An analysis of the setation pattern of the limbs in Anostraca (Crustacea); using the Algerian species as an example

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The implantation, number, and structure of the state on th endopodites and exopodites of the limbs, and the setulation of the endite I of all Anostracan species found in Algeria are analysed by light and scanning electron microscopy and graphically represented. The data disclose segnificant variation among the generaArtemia, Branchinella, Branchipus, Chirocephalus, Streptocephalus andTanymastigites, and between the related congenersStreptocephalus torvicornis andS. rubricaudatus.

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  1. Lab. Ecologie Animalie, Univ. S.T.H.B.P., BP 32 El Alia-Bab Ezzouar, Algeria, Algeria

    Lynda Beladjal

  2. Laboratory of Animal Ecology, University of Ghent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Johan Mertens & Henri J. Dumont

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Beladjal, L., Mertens, J. & Dumont, H.J. An analysis of the setation pattern of the limbs in Anostraca (Crustacea); using the Algerian species as an example. Hydrobiologia 298, 183–201 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033814

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