On the non-malacostracan crustaceans (Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Ostracoda) from the inland waters of Fthiotida (Greece)

Marrone, Federico; Arculeo, Marco; Georgiadis, Christos; Stoch, Fabio

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“…In fact, except for E. serrulatus, T. prasinus (Fischer, 1866), M. viridis, C. divergens, and D. lubbocki, all the other observed copepod species were to date known in Sicily from few sites each, and their status and distribution on the island are currently unknown. Among the Cyclopoida, the finding of Cyclops ankyrae, a rare cyclopid species currently known to occur in temporary water bodies in Sicily [17], peninsular Italy [58,71,72], the southern Balkan peninsula [47], Turkey [55], and Iran [52] is particularly noteworthy; however, it is probable that the populations of C. furcifer Claus, 1857, a mostly North European species reported for Sicilian temporary ponds by Margaritora et al [12], are in fact to be ascribed to C. ankyrae so that the regional distribution of the species could be underestimated. As already stressed for Cyclops abyssorum, the copepod populations belonging to the genus Cyclops in Sicily need a careful revision to ascertain their actual identity.…”

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“…The coordinates of the sampled water bodies were registered with GPS along with information about their hydroperiods and the possible occurrence of vertebrate predators (i.e., fish or Xenopus laevis tadpoles). In each site and on each sampling date, electric conductivity and water temperature were recorded with a Hanna Instrument HI9835 multiprobe; moreover, an estimate of the abundance of macrophytes and of water turbidity was assessed by using three arbitrary qualitative classes (see Marrone et al [47]).…”

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The Inland Water Copepod Fauna of a Traditional Rural Landscape in a Mediterranean Island (Crustacea, Copepoda)

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Vecchioni

Bazan

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Although the Mediterranean area is a well-known hotspot of biological diversity, the crustacean assemblages inhabiting inland waters of the Mediterranean islands are to date unevenly known, and detailed information is missing for most taxa and areas. In the frame of this paper, we provide a checklist and a characterization of the copepod fauna of the lentic water bodies occurring in a traditional rural landscape of Sicily, where the co-existence of agriculture, woodlands, and pastoral activities lead to the presence of a wide range of different aquatic habitats. Overall, 22 copepod species belonging to the orders Calanoida, Cyclopoida, and Harpacticoida have been found in the 92 surveyed sites, stressing the conservation value of the area. In the study area, species widespread in the west Palaearctic region co-exist with strictly Mediterranean elements and a small but biogeographically significant group of species with northern or Balkan affinities, which support the role of the investigated area as a refugium for species that colonised Sicily during Pleistocene climate fluctuations and are now restricted to the more wet parts of the island. A single non-native species has been found, and its distribution is currently limited to permanent, man-made reservoirs.

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The Inland Water Copepod Fauna of a Traditional Rural Landscape in a Mediterranean Island (Crustacea, Copepoda)

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Bazan

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“…Despite its recent, man-made origin, the pond studied has developed a biocoenosis typical of mature temporary ponds (Fig. 2 We used a fragment of the 12S rDNA since this marker has been studied in detail in Andalusian populations (Korn et al 2010), so that a rich comparative dataset is available; 12S rDNA has often been used for the identification of Triops species based on single marker sequences (e.g., Tziortzis et al 2014;Marrone et al 2019). Used primers, PCR mix, and thermal cycles followed Korn et al (2006Korn et al ( , 2010, but PCR products were sent to Macrogen Europe for sequencing.…”

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First record of Triops gadensis Korn and García-de-Lomas, 2010 (Crustacea: Notostraca) in Córdoba Province, southern Spain

López-Martínez,

Garcia-De-Lomas,

Marrone

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We studied a Triops population from a Mediterranean temporary pond located in Guadalcázar, a township in the western part of Córdoba Province. There are four morphologically similar species of Triops occurring in the SW Iberian Peninsula. In particular, the two species found in southern Andalusia, T. baeticus and T. gadensis, cannot reliably be told apart based on known morphological characters. We thus used sequences of 12S rDNA as a molecular marker to soundly identify the population to species rank. Our results demonstrate that the Triops population studied belongs to T. gadensis. This result is rather unexpected given that the species was thought to be restricted to a small distribution range along the Atlantic coast in Cádiz Province. The population is located at approximately 170 km from previously known sites of T. gadensis and shows a previously unknown haplotype, the sixth 12S haplotype reported for the species. We thus suggest that the population has high conservation value, and its habitat, including the surroundings, should be legally protected. We further propose that an open habitat type as pastureland should be retained for the surroundings of the site in order to support its ecological function in the frame of meta-populations dynamics, and as a possible source population from which new localities could be populated via passive dispersal.

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“…Cases with complex taxonomy were also recorded. Stephanides [6] recorded in Corfu "Diaptomus serbicus = Diaptomus mirus" and Marrone et al [19] recorded Diaptomus cf. serbicus in Fthiotis.…”

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“…In the mid-1900s, when zooplankton fauna of Greece was still poorly known, Stephanides [6][7][8][9] extensively studied the crustacean fauna of the island Corfu, while Pesce later focused on subterranean copepod fauna from both the islands and the Greek mainland in many publications from 1979 to 1986 [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. More recently, Marrone et al reported 46 taxa from the island of Crete [18] and 20 taxa from the Fthiotis area [19]. These studies demonstrate that biodiversity patterns can actually reflect the areas where taxonomists live and work, or go on holiday or conduct fieldwork [20][21][22][23].…”

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The Inland Cladocera and Copepoda Fauna in Greece

2022

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Greece is situated in the East Mediterranean region and in the Balkan peninsula, i.e., a European biodiversity hotspot with high endemism in subterranean and freshwater fauna, highlighting the need to understand its biodiversity. A literature search was undertaken to present a checklist of cladocerans and copepods based on a compilation of published and current data, from 1892 up to 2022 from inland surfaces and subterranean water bodies from different regions of Greece. For Cladocera, 80 species were recorded (9 families with 35 genera). The most diverse families were Chydoridae (20 genera with 33 species) and Daphniidae (5 genera with 27 species). For copepoda, 134 taxa were recorded, in surface water bodies (12 families with 34 genera), subterranean water bodies (7 families with 27 genera), and parasitic copepods (3 families with 3 genera). The most diverse families in surface waters were Cyclopidae (15 genera with 41 taxa) and Diaptomidae (5 genera with 17 species), while those in subterranean waters were Cyclopidae (11 genera with 35 taxa) and Canthocamptidae (6 genera with 17 taxa). More species are expected to be discovered after sampling understudied regions, especially islands, as well as water bodies such as temporary pools, swamps, ditches, puddles, and the littoral parts of lakes, while molecular studies are needed to clarify various cases of complex taxonomy.

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On the non-malacostracan crustaceans (Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Ostracoda) from the inland waters of Fthiotida (Greece)

Abstract: On the non-malacostracan crustaceans (Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Copepoda, Ostracoda) from the inland waters of Fthiotida (Greece) Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rg409vd Journal

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The Inland Water Copepod Fauna of a Traditional Rural Landscape in a Mediterranean Island (Crustacea, Copepoda)

The Inland Water Copepod Fauna of a Traditional Rural Landscape in a Mediterranean Island (Crustacea, Copepoda)

First record of Triops gadensis Korn and García-de-Lomas, 2010 (Crustacea: Notostraca) in Córdoba Province, southern Spain

The Inland Cladocera and Copepoda Fauna in Greece

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