Occurrence of Kurzia polyspina Hudec (Crustacea, Anomopoda, Chydoridae) in Brazil

Abstract

The cladoceran Kurzia polyspina Hudec, 2000 (Anomopoda, Chydoridae) was found associated with Eichhornia Kunth, 1843 (Pontederiaceae) roots in Paranoá Lake, Brasília. It represents the first record of this species in Brazil and in the Southern Hemisphere. Comments on Kurzia Dybowski & Grochowski, 1894 South American records are included

Cladocerans from gut content of fishes from Guaporé River Basin, MT, Brazil

“…The cladoceran specimens analyzed in the present study were found in the gut content of the Characidae fishes Moenkhausia dichroura and Metynnis mola. Elmoor-Loureiro, 2002). So, the present record is the first confirmed from the Amazon basin.…”

“…The Brazilian records of Kurzia polyspina Hudec, 2000, until now, include only the Distrito Federal (Elmoor-Loureiro, 2002) and Mato Grosso do Sul (Hollwedel et al, 2003). Robertson (1980) reported the occurrence of Kurzia latissima (Kurz, 1874) from Pará, but it is possible that it might belong to K. polyspina, as previously discussed Daday, 1905Notoalona sculpta (Sars, 1901 Indicates the first records from Mato Grosso State.…”

How many species of cladocerans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) are found in Brazilian Federal District?

“…been reduced by the increasing number of studies that have resulted in a consistent species list, and also studies showing records of species not previously known in the country (e.g. Velho et al, 2000;Elmoor-Loureiro, 2002;Elmoor-Loureiro et al, 2004Santos-Wisniewski et al, 2001Serafim Junior et al, 2003;Zanata et al, 2003;Guntzel et al, 2004;Sinev et al, 2005;Lopes et al, 2006;Lansac-Tôha et al, 2009;Sousa et al, 2009Sousa et al, , 2010Van Damme and Dumont, 2010;Elmoor-Loureiro and Soares, 2010;Ghidini and Santos-Silva, 2011;Sousa and Elmoor-Loureiro, 2011). The descriptions of new species have also contributed to a better understanding of the biodiversity of these microcrustaceans in Brazilian territory (Sinev and Hollwedel, 2002;Kotov and Elmoor-Loureiro, 2008;Sinev and Elmoor-Loureiro, 2010;Bekker et al 2010;.…”

Identification key for the Brazilian genera and species of Aloninae (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anomopoda, Chydoridae)

“…The elaboration of identification keys was based on material obtained from different regions of Brazil, which are stored in the private collections of the two authors of this study, or in the collection of the Laboratório de Biodiversidade Aquática of the Universidade Católica de Brasília. Previous studies concerning the taxonomy of the Aloninae with a focus in species that occurred in Brazil were also used as sources (Frey, 1980;Rajapaksa & Fernando, 1987;Elmoor-Loureiro, 1997;Hudec, 2000;Sinev, 2001;Elmoor-Loureiro, 2002;Hollwedel et al, 2003;Sinev, 2004a, b;Sinev & Hollwedel, 2005;Van Damme et al, 2005;Elmoor-Loureiro et al, 2009;Kotov, 2009;Sinev & Elmoor-Loureiro, 2010;Van Damme et al, 2011;Elmoor-Loureiro et al, 2013;Van Damme & Sinev, 2013;Sousa et al, 2014Sousa et al, , 2015aSousa et al, , b, 2016aSousa et al, , b, 2017Sinev, 2015;Sinev & Dumont, 2016;.…”