Kurzia (Rostrokurzia) brevilabris Rajapaksa & Fernando, 1986

Sharma, B. K. & Sharma, Sumita, 2012, Notes on some rare and interesting Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae) from Deepor Beel, Assam, India, Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (1), pp. 2304-2309 : 2306

Kurzia (Rostrokurzia) brevilabris Rajapaksa & Fernando, 1986 ( Images 7–8 )

Characters: Body oval and compressed; posteroventral corner of valves rounded. Valves marked with longitudinal lines; marginal setules along posterolateral corner and sub-marginal setules on posterior margin subequal. Rostrum elongated. Ocellus about half the size of eye and situated close to it. Three connected head pores; medial pore relatively smaller; lateral pores minute. Antennules elongated; only three longest aesthetasces reaching tip of rostrum. Labrum

strongly reduced; labral plate with rounded anterior margin. Post-abdomen elongate; distal corner with a narrow lobe projecting beyond claw; dorsal margin slightly recurved with 10-14 short denticles followed by 3–5 groups of minute spines. Claw elongated, with setules; basal spine short and with setules at its base.

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Image 7. Kurzia (Rostrokurzia) brevilabris Rajapaksa & Fernando, anterior part of parthenogenetic female