Digging more deeply into the verrucosa-group of the genus Alona (Anomopoda, Chydoridae): Alona mediterranea new species from the Mediterranean part of Anatolia (Turkey)

Yalım F. B., Ciplak B.

CRUSTACEANA, cilt.78, ss.565-578, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 78
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1163/156854005774318105
  • Dergi Adı: CRUSTACEANA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.565-578
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A new species, Alona mediterranea is described(4)) and illustrated based on specimens from the western part of Mediterranean Anatolia (Turkey). The new species belongs to the verrucosa species-group of the genus Alona by the presence two semi-circles of lateral head pores. The diagnosis is based on 25 characters that are either newly described, or have been widely used in descriptions/diagnoses of the species group in previous studies, The characters presented also allow to discuss the position of the verrucosa-group and to describe affinities of the new species with its congeners outside the verrucosa-group. Alona mediterranea n. sp. is most similar to Alona alonopsiformis, and next also to Alona verrucosa.