Scapholeberis yahuarcaquensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anomopoda
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Classis: Branchiopoda Superordo: Cladocera Ordo: Anomopoda

Familia: Daphniidae
Genus: Scapholeberis
Species: Scapholeberis yahuarcaquensis

Name

Scapholeberis yahuarcaquensis Andrade-Sossa, Buitron-Caicedo & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2020

Holotype: Adult parthenogenetic female, ICNMHN-CR 3405.

Type locality: Quebrada and lakes system Yahuarcaca, Amazon basin. A system of interconnected blackwater streams and lakes, with periodic floodings of white-water from the Amazon River. 4.157807S, 69.96776W (Quebrada Yahuarcaca, near village San Antonio). Leticia, Amazonas, Colombie.

Paratypes:

Allotype: One complete male, ICNMHN-CR 3406
Five parthenogenetic females and one ephippial female, ICNMHN-CR 3407 and ICNMHN-CR 3408.
Four parthenogenetic and two ephippial females, ECOCH-ZPL10336-10337.
One male, ECOCH-CH-ZPL10338.

ZooBank: AB6A5869-8F86-47EA-B1F1-A36ECADB3AE8

References

Primary references

Andrade-Sossa, C., Buitron-Caicedo, L., Elías-Gutiérrez, M. 2020. A new species of Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858 (Anomopoda: Daphniidae: Scapholeberinae) from the Colombian Amazon basin highlighted by DNA barcodes and morphology. PeerJ. 8: e9989. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9989 Reference page.