First data on the presence of the genus Branchipus Schaefferi 1766 (Crustacea: Anostraca) in the canary islands
- José R. Docoito
- Beneharo Martínez-Soto
- Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz
- Agustín Castañeyra-Ruiz
- Emilia M. Carmona-Calero
- Agustín Castañeyra-Perdomo
ISSN: 2385-4758, 0213-5930
Année de publication: 2007
Número: 28
Pages: 63-70
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Scientia gerundensis
Résumé
During three months of the last two winters fairy shrimps of the genus Branchipus, which appear in abundance in the raining rock pools located in a northeast gully of Fuerteventura, were observed and collected for the first time in the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura). Branchi-pus reproduction in the laboratory allowed us to observe that the complete cycle was ephemeral, lasting 15-17 days, and anatomic and taxonomic features were consistent with the existing descriptions of the Branchipus schaefferi Fischer, 1834 , although a small variation was observed in the male head