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On the larval development of Eubranchipus grubii (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca), with notes on the basal phylogeny of the Branchiopoda

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Selected larval stages of Eubranchipus grubii (Anostraca) from Danish temporary waters are examined by scanning electron microscopy in a phylogenetic context. The study focuses on limb development and body segmentation. It is shown that the large, proximal endite of the trunk limbs in the adult Anostraca is actually a fusion product of two smaller endites which make their appearance in the early larval development. This gives a total of six endites along the inner margin of the trunk limbs. An unsegmented endopod follows more distally. A small additional, seventh endite makes a short appearance in late larvae, but has disappeared in the adults. The naupliar feeding apparatus is of the same type as found in other branchiopods, and has previously been suggested as an autapomorphy for the Branchiopoda. The similarities between the naupliar feeding apparatus of E. grubii and other branchiopods include the presence of a long protopod with a characteristic morphology of the coxal and basipodal masticatory spines/setae, and a three-segmented mandibular palp (basipod and two endopod segments) with a largely similar setation in all taxa. The mode of trunk limb development is also the same as seen in most other recent branchiopods. The phylogenetic significance for the basal phylogeny of the Branchiopoda of these and other morphological features is discussed in relation to the phylogenetic position of two branchiopod fossils, Lepidocaris rhyniensis and Rehbachiella kinnekullensis. While R. kinnekullensis has previously been suggested to be a stem lineage branchiopod, the position of L. rhyniensis is more uncertain. Three different possible phylogenetic positions of L. rhyniensis are discussed: (a) L. rhyniensis as a stem lineage anostracan, (b) L. rhyniensis as a stem lineage branchiopod or (c) L. rhyniensis as a stem lineage phyllopod. It seems most plausible to consider L. rhyniensis a stem lineage anostracan.

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We thank Jesper T. Stenderup (Copenhagen) for assistance when collecting and sorting the material for this study. Two anonymous reviewers and the editor of Zoomorphology, Prof. Dr. Thomas Bartolomaeus (Berlin, Germany), are thanked for providing many useful suggestions for improvement of the paper. Prof. Dr. Dieter Waloszek (Ulm, Germany) is greatly acknowledged for many stimulating discussions with all three authors over the years.

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Møller, O.S., Olesen, J. & Høeg, J.T. On the larval development of Eubranchipus grubii (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca), with notes on the basal phylogeny of the Branchiopoda. Zoomorphology 123, 107–123 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-003-0093-0

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