Five new species of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America)

  • Janet Higuti Universidade Estadual de Maringá Nupelia, PEA Av. Colombo 5790 CEP 87020-900, Maringá, PRl
  • Koen Martens Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Freshwater Biology Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussels
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.106
Keywords: Pseudocandona, Candobrasilopsis, streams, taxonomy

Abstract

The present paper describes five new species of candonid ostracods in two genera: Pseudocandona agostinhoi sp. nov., P. cillisi sp. nov., P. claudinae sp. nov., Candobrasilopsis elongata sp. nov. and C. acutis sp. nov. The three species of Pseudocandona belong to the caribbeana-group in this genus. With the two new species of Candobrasilopsis, this genus now comprises four species. Candobrasilopsis elongata sp. nov. is the most common of the five new species described here, while C. acutis sp. nov. and P. claudinae sp. nov. are known from one locality only, which is furthermore the same for both species: a small streamlet entering the Paraná River. With the description of the present five species, the number of species known from the Paraná River alluvial valley, including the Taquaruçu lakes, now amounts to 49.

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Published
2014-12-16
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Higuti, J., & Martens, K. (2014). Five new species of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America). European Journal of Taxonomy, (106). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.106
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No. 106 (2014): Five new species of Candoninae (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America)
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