On Macrothrix agsensis Dumont, Silva-Briano & Babu, 2002 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Macrothricidae), with description of the male and ephippial females, and comments on the distribution of the genus in Mexico

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1632, 2007, Pages 49-60

  Garfias Espejo, Tania ^a   Elías Gutiérrez, Manuel ^a   Silva Briano, Marcelo ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cladocera; Distribution; Limb morphology; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOMOPODA; CLADOCERA; CLITELLARIA; MACROTHRIX; MACROTHRIX ELEGANS; MACROTHRIX HIRSUTICORNIS; MACROTHRIX LATICORNIS; MACROTHRIX ROSEA; MACROTHRIX TRISERIALIS; MACROTRICHIDAE;

EID: 36348990823     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1632.1.4     Document Type: Article

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