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Species Eulimnadia geayi

Clam shrimp, live - Eulimnadia geayi - female Clam shrimp, glycerin saturated and submerged - Eulimnadia geayi - female Clam shrimp in glycerin, right carapace removed - Eulimnadia geayi - female Clam shrimp telson, glycerin saturated - Eulimnadia geayi - female Clam shrimp, desiccated telson, dorsal-lateral - Eulimnadia geayi Clam shrimp carapace, desiccated - Eulimnadia geayi - male Clam shrimp egg, Clam shrimp egg,
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Branchiopoda (Branchiopods)
Order Diplostraca
Suborder Spinicaudata
Family Limnadiidae
Genus Eulimnadia
Species geayi (Eulimnadia geayi)
Range
Known in our range from Bernalillo Co., NM. Summarizing from one image post, which includes contributions from D. Christopher Rogers:
This species has heretofore apparently only been reported from Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico(1), and Brasil(2). Rabet 2010(3), however, states, "the occurrence of this species in Colombia is not established". This is due to confusion with a Venezuelan locality. It also states, "Localities in Mexico (Daday de Deés 1926(4)) should be confirmed by genetic or egg morphology studies". Regarding the latter, Belk 1989(5) concludes that adult morphology is generally inadequate for species ID in this genus, and that use of egg features is required. In addition, Maeda-Martinez et al. (2002)(6) report that the specimen used for Daday de Deés 1926 was badly damaged and not properly identifiable. And, Maeda-Martinez et al. (2002)(6) state that they have not found any material in Mexico that matches E. geayi." The Bugguide post, therefore, is the first valid record for North America.
Works Cited
1.A review of the clam shrimp family Limnadiidae (Branchiopoda, Conchostraca) from Venezuela with the description of a new species
Guido Pereira and Jose V. Garcia. 2001. Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 640-652.
2.The effects of pool sediments on the egg morphology of Neotropical Eulimnadia (Branchiopoda : Limnadiidae)
Nicolas Rabet, David Montero, Sebastien Lacau. 2014. Journal of Limnology, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 17-26.
3.Revision of the egg morphology of Eulimnadia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata)
Nicolas Rabet. 2010. Zoosystema Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 373-391.
4.Monographic systématique des phyllopodes Conchostracés, Troisieme partie (Eulimnadia)
E. Daday de Deés. 1926. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Vol. 9, 1-81 (505-580).
5.Identification of species in the Conchostracan genus Eulimnadia by egg shell morphology
Denton Belk. 1989. Journal of Crustacean Biology, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 115-125.
6.Branchiopoda: Cyclestherida, Laevicaudata and Spinicaudata
A.M. Maeda-Martínez, H. Obregón-Barboza, H. García-Velazco. 2002. Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, Vol. III, pp. 323-3.