First record of the genus Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with description of two new species
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Crustacea, freshwater, systematic, taxonomyAbstract
Abstract: The amphipod HyalellaSmith, 1874 is exclusive to the Americas, and the South region of Brazil presents the greatest diversity of the genus. This paper presents two species of Hyalella from Santa Catarina state, Brazil. A new species from the municipality of Palmeira is characterized by oval eyes, absence of flanges, epimeral plates not accuminated, presence of three lateral pappose setae on article 4 in antenna 2, absence of plumose setae in the maxilliped, presence of comb-scales and absence of serrate setae in the gnathopods, presence of curved seta on the inner ramus of the uropod 1 and absence of lateral setae on the telson. A new species from Rio das Antas municipality main characteristics are absence of flanges, epimeral plates accuminated, absence of plumose setae and distal nail in the maxilliped, presence of comb-scales and absence of serrate setae in gnathopods, presence of curved seta on the inner ramus of the uropod 1 and absence of lateral setae on the telson. Here we expand the distribution and increase the morphological and taxonomic knowledge of the genus.Published
2020-01-01
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Reis, G. O., Penoni, L. R., & Bueno, A. A. P. (2020). First record of the genus Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with description of two new species. Biota Neotropica, 20(2). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1722
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