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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Limnadiidae


A review of the clam shrimp family Limnadiidae (Branchiopoda, Conchostraca) from Venezuela with the description of a new species
By Guido Pereira and Jose V. Garcia
Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 640-652, 2001
Includes detailed descriptions of species, some of which occur in US.

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Revision of the extant genera of Limnadiidae (Brachiopoda: Spinicaudata)
By Christopher Rogers, Nicolas Rabet and Stephen C. Weeks
Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 827-842, 2012

Monographic systématique des phyllopodes Conchostracés, Troisieme partie (Eulimnadia)
By E. Daday de Deés
Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Vol. 9, 1-81 (505-580), 1926
In French

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Identification of species in the Conchostracan genus Eulimnadia by egg shell morphology
By Denton Belk
Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 115-125, 1989
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Eulimnadia Belki, A new clam shrimp from Cozumel, Mexico ... with review...
By Joel W. Martin
Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 104-114, 1989
Joel W. Martin, Eulimnadia belki, A new clam shrimp from Cozumel, Mexico (Conchostraca:Limnadiidae), with a review of Central and South American species of the genus Eulimnadia, Journal of Crustacean Biology, 9(1):, 104-114, 1989.

Includes details of species also found in US.

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Revision of the egg morphology of Eulimnadia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata)
By Nicolas Rabet
Zoosystema Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 373-391, 2010
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The effects of pool sediments on the egg morphology of Neotropical Eulimnadia (Branchiopoda : Limnadiidae)
By Nicolas Rabet, David Montero, Sebastien Lacau
Journal of Limnology, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 17-26, 2014

Branchiopoda: Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata and Spinicaudata
By A.M. Maeda-Martínez, H. Obregón-Barboza, H. García-Velazco
Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, Vol. III, pp. 323-3, 2002
A.M. Maeda-Martínez, H. Obregón-Barboza, H. García-Velazco, Branchiopoda: Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata and Spinicaudata in Jorge Llorente Bousquets, Juan J Morrone (Eds.), Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, Vol. III, D.F. Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, México, pp. 323-332, 2002.

in Spanish

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