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Sexually dimorphic ornamentation in modern spinicaudatans and the taxonomic implications for fossil clam shrimps

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022
The phylogenetic studies of clam shrimps (Branchiopoda, Crustacea) demonstrated that the significance of several morphological characters for classification of branchiopod shells should be critically re-evaluated.
XIAOYAN SUN, JINHUI CHENG
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Branquiópodos de las masas de agua lacustre del Parque Nacional Cajas (Andes Australes, Ecuador) inventario y notas autoecológicas

open access: yesMaskana, 2017
Un muestreo extensivo de 202 masas de agua leníticas (lagos, lagunas y charcas), ubicadas entre 3,150 y 4,460 m s.n.m. en el Parque Nacional Cajas (Andes Australes de Ecuador), ha puesto de manifiesto el elevado interés que tienen estos enclaves de alta ...
Miguel Alonso   +3 more
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The viability of the crustacean Eurycercus lamellatus (Branchiopoda, Cladocera) in a high mountain area in southern Norway

open access: yesFauna Norvegica, 2020
The branchiopod Eurycercus lamellatus is widely distributed in Norwegian lakes, ranging from coastal to alpine areas. On the Hardangervidda mountain plateau in southern Norway, E.
Tore Qvenild, Trygve Hesthagen
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Uncovering ultrastructural defences in Daphnia magna--an interdisciplinary approach to assess the predator-induced fortification of the carapace. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
The development of structural defences, such as the fortification of shells or exoskeletons, is a widespread strategy to reduce predator attack efficiency. In unpredictable environments these defences may be more pronounced in the presence of a predator.
Max Rabus   +3 more
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Record of Pleopis schmackeri (Poppe) Branchiopoda in Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

open access: yesBiotemas, 2012
The paper describes the first occurrence of Pleopis schmackeri (Poppe, 1889) (Branchiopoda, Onychopoda) in Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is described.
Wanda Maria Monteiro-Ribas   +2 more
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First Record of Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia feeding on Branchiopoda in a temporary wetland

open access: yesAvocetta, 2020
The diet of the Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia is poorly documented with only the most common prey groups known, namely small fishes, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, leeches and plant material.
Salvatore Surdo
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Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of Sabah state in Borneo Island, Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Sinev, Artem Y., Yusoff, Fatimah M. (2015): Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of Sabah state in Borneo Island, Malaysia. Zootaxa 4000 (5): 581-591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.5.
Md. Yusoff, Fatimah   +2 more
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Climatic effects on a cold stenotherm species Lepidurus arcticus (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) on the southern outreach of its distribution range

open access: yesFauna Norvegica, 2018
On the Norwegian mainland, the Arctic tadpole shrimp Lepidurus arcticus is a typically alpine species mainly co-occurring with fish. The Hardangervidda mountain plateau is the main area of the southernmost L. arcticus populations. Here L.
Tore Qvenild   +4 more
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VIII. On the feeding mechanism of the Branchiopoda : Appendix on the Mouth Parts of the Branchiopoda [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character, 1932
Abstract FOREWORD. Some years ago Dr. Tate Regan suggested to me that a study of the hyoid region of the tailless Amphibia would be of value. This paper is the outcome of that suggestion. It was begun when I was Gilchrist Research Scholar in Zoology at King’s College of Household and Social Science (1 9 2 5 -2 6 and 1 9 2 7 -2 8 ...
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SEM morphological analysis of fertilized cysts in the genus Branchipus (Branchiopoda, Anostraca): Can cyst morphology be used as a reliable taxonomic criterion? [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Biological Sciences, 2009
In order to illuminate taxonomic significance of cyst variability (as a part of total morphological variability) in the genus Branchipus, cysts (fertilized eggs) originating from southern parts of the Pannonian Plain are described on the basis of ...
Miličić Dragana, Petrov Brigita
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