A contribution to the knowledge of the Anostraca fauna of Turkey

Mura, Graziella; Özkütük, Sulhi Recep; Tanatmiş, Mustafa

doi:10.1163/1568540054473549

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“…It is known to occur in Spain (Alonso 1996), western Maghreb (Gauthier 1928a, Thiéry 1991, van den Broeck et al 2015, in the Middle East, Turkey, Ukraine, and from the Balkans to the Pannonian lowland (cf. Daday 1910, Petkvoski 1991, Mura et al 2005, and references therein). The observed "pincers-like" distribution closely resembles that of the anostracan Streptocephalus torvicornis (Waga, 1842) (Dumont et al 1995) and of the calanoid copepod Neolovenula alluaudi (Guerne & Richard, 1890) (Alfonso and Belmonte 2013), thus suggesting a shared post-glacial northward overland dispersal through two separate routes (a western and a eastern one) for these temporary pond-dwelling crustaceans (see Incagnone et al 2015).…”

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Updated checklist and distribution of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata) in Tunisia

Marrone¹,

Korn

Stoch

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Abstract:Temporary ponds are the most peculiar and representative water bodies in the arid and semiarid regions of the world, where they often represent diversity hotspots that greatly contribute to the regional biodiversity. Being indissolubly linked to these ecosystems, the so-called "large branchiopods" are unanimously considered flagship taxa of these habitats. Nonetheless, updated and detailed information on large branchiopod faunas is still missing in many countries or regions. Based on an extensive bibliographical review and field samplings, we provide an updated and commented checklist of large branchiopods in Tunisia, one of the less investigated countries of the Maghreb as far as inland water crustaceans are concerned. We carried out a field survey from 2004 to 2012, thereby collecting 262 crustacean samples from a total of 177 temporary water bodies scattered throughout the country. Large branchiopod crustaceans were observed in 61% of the sampled sites, leading to the identification of fifteen species. Among these, the halophilic anostracan Branchinectella media is here reported for the first time for the country; conversely, four eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide. of the species reported in literature were not found during the present survey. Based on literature and novel data, the known large branchiopod fauna of Tunisia now includes 19 species, showing a noteworthy species richness when the limited extension of the country is considered. For each species, the regional distribution is described and an annotated list of references is provided. Under a conservation perspective, the particular importance of the temporary ponds occurring in the Medjerda river alluvial plain is further stressed. In this location, several large branchiopod taxa with different ecological requirements converge and form unique and species-rich assemblages that should be preserved. Copyright Information:Copyright 2016 by the article author(s Keywords: Branchinectella media, fauna of Maghreb, freshwater crustaceans, Mediterranean temporary ponds, regional biodiversity. SUMMARYTemporary ponds are the most peculiar and representative water bodies in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world, where they often represent diversity hotspots that greatly contribute to the regional biodiversity. Being indissolubly linked to these ecosystems, the so-called "large branchiopods" are unanimously considered flagship taxa of these habitats. Nonetheless, updated and detailed information on large branchiopod faunas is still missing in many countries or regions. Based on an extensive bibliographical review and field samplings, we provide an updated and commented checklist of large branchiopods in Tunisia, one of the less investigated countries of the Maghreb as far as inland water crustaceans are concerned. We carried out a field survey from 2004 to 2012, thereby collecting 262 crustacean samples from a total of 177 ...

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Updated checklist and distribution of large branchiopods (Branchiopoda: Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata) in Tunisia

Marrone¹,

Korn

Stoch

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“…To date, 11 Chirocephalus species are known to occur in Turkey (Mura et al, 2011, present work); to this should be possibly added C. reiseri Marcus, 1913, whose presence in the country is doubtful (Mura et al, 2005), and an unidentified Chirocephalus sp. reported by Mura et al (2011).…”

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“…Moreover, from the 21st century onwards, when systematic studies on Turkish large branchiopods increased, a large number of new Chirocephalus Prévost, 1803 species were described (Mura et al, 2005;Brtek & Cottarelli, 2006;Cottarelli et al, 2007Cottarelli et al, , 2010. The speciose genus Chirocephalus is primarily distributed in the temperate Palaearctic, with its greatest diversity in Eurasia (Belk & Brtek, 1995;Brtek & Thiéry, 1995;Brtek & Mura, 2000) and is well represented in Asiatic Turkey, where ten species belonging to the bairdi and diaphanus speciesgroups as defined by Brtek (1995) are currently known (Mura et al, 2011).…”

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Chirocephalus sarpedonis sp. nov. (Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Chirocephalidae) from Turkey questions the monophyly of the traditional Chirocephalus species-groups

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Mura

Ippolito³

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Chirocephalus sarpedonis sp. nov. (Anostraca, Chirocephalidae), collected in a temporary pond in Lycia (Turkey), is described and its affinities with the other species of the genus are investigated based on both morphology and mtDNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences. Male and female morphology suggests its major affinity with the species belonging to the bairdi-group although the morphological peculiarities of the species make it difficult to ascribe C. sarpedonis sp. nov. to any of the Chirocephalus species-groups which are currently used in the systematics of the genus. Furthermore, molecular analyses based on the comparison with available Chirocephalus spp. COI sequences fail to confirm the monophyly of the bairdi-group and exclude C. sarpedonis sp. nov. from the spinicaudatus-group also. We thus refrain from assigning the new species to any of the existing Chirocephalus species-groups and highlight the need for a revision of the affinities and phylogeny of the species currently ascribed to the genus. In particular, the traditional Chirocephalus species-groups seem to be defined based on few, sometimes shared, characters, so that the definition of a new grouping of the species based on a combined morphological and molecular approach is desirable.

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“…Mura, 1992bMura, , 1995Mura et al, 1997, contributed to the knowledge of Palearctic anostracan biodiversity and taxonomy (e.g. Nagorskaya et al, 1998;Mura, 1999Mura, , 2001Brtek & Mura, 2000;Mura & Azari Takami, 2000;Mura & Nagorskaya, 2005;Mura et al, 2011), with a special focus on the genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (e.g. Mura et al, 1989aMura et al, , 1989bMura, 1990;Mura & Brecciaroli, 2004;Mura et al, , 2006Amat et al, 2007;Gajardo & Mura, 2011), and produced innovative works on the molecular systematics and phylogeography of the group (e.g.…”

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