Cladocera
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https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.23 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4974179 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE178628-FFB9-FFAB-FE1B-12877ED95417 |
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Carolina |
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Cladocera |
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Identification key for the orders and families of Cladocera
1a Six pairs of foliaceous thoracic appendages,morphologically similar.....................................................................................Order Ctenopoda Sars,1865 (2)
1b Five or six pairs of thoracic appendages,morphologically distinct........................................................................................Order Anomopoda Sars,1865 (3)
2a Antenna with one branch,without lateral setae .................................................................................................................. Holopedidae Sars,1865 ( Fig.1A View Figure 1 )
2b Antenna with two branches,external branch (exopodite) with numerous lateral setae.............................................................. Sididae Baird,1850 ( Fig.1B View Figure 1 )
3a Antennule non-movable,fused with rostrum................................................................................................................... Bosminidae Baird,1845 View in CoL ( Fig.1 View Figure 1 C-D)
3b Antennule movable,not fused with rostrum......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
4a Antennule with two segments................................................................................................. Ilyocryptidae Smirnov 1976 emend. Smirnov,1992 View in CoL ( Fig.1 View Figure 1 E-F)
4b Antennule not segmented..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
5a Postanal part of postabdomen narrow and conical,distalmost marginal denticle generally bifurcate ................................. Moinidae Baird,1850 View in CoL ( Fig.1 View Figure 1 G-H)
5b Postanal part of postabdomen not conical ............................................................................................................................................................................6
6a Internal branch (endopodite) of antenna with four segments and external branch (exopodite) with three segments.......................................................... 7
6b Antenna with three segments on the internal (endopodite) and external branches (exopodite)...........................................................................................8
7a Antennule inserted or articulated on the posteroventral part of head.................................................................................. Daphniidae Straus,1820 ( Fig.1I View Figure 1 )
7b Antennule articulated on the anteroventral part of head ............................................................................... Macrothricidae Norman & Brady,1867 View in CoL ( Fig. 1J View Figure 1 )
8a Anal aperture positioned in the distal part of postabdomen........................................ Eurycercidae Kurz,1865 sensu Dumont & Silva-Briano,1998 View in CoL ( Fig.1K View Figure 1 )
8b Anal aperture positioned in the dorsal margin of postabdomen ................................. Chydoridae Dybowski & Grochowski,1894 emend. Frey,1967 ( Fig.1L View Figure 1 )
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