Macrothrix flabelligera, a newly-recorded Cladocera Macrothricidae in Brazilian freshwaters

A short characterization of Macrothrix flabelligera Smirnov, 1992 (Cladocera, Macrothricidae) is presented, following a recent record of this species in Brazil. General aspects and morphological details of the body of parthenogenetic and ephippial females, as well as of males, are described and illu...

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Main Authors: A. M. Güntzel, T. Matsumura-Tundisi, O. Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842004000200006&lng=en&tlng=en