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Taxon richness and biogeography of the Cladocera (Crustacea:Ctenopoda, Anomopoda) of Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2009

S. Maiphae ,
P. Pholpunthin  and
H. J. Dumont
S. Maiphae
Affiliation:
Department of General Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand.
P. Pholpunthin
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla, Thailand.
H. J. Dumont
Affiliation:
Animal Ecology, Gent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium.
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Abstract

At present, 99 species of cladocerans are known from Thailand, but up to ten more have not been identified to species,particularly in Chydorus, Ephemeroporus and Pleuroxus. Cosmopolitan species are a minority, while wide-rangingcircumtropical taxa are an important element, beside species that only occur in the tropics-subtropics of two continents. At leastthree species are suspected of a neotropical - southeast Asian disjunction, while three more are provisionally considered endemicof Thailand. Daphnia, as usual in the tropics, is rare and reduced to the single D. lumholtzi.

Keywords

CladoceraTaxonomyBiogeographyThailandSoutheast Asian - Neotropical disjunction
Type
Research Article
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Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , 2008 , pp. 33 - 43
Copyright
© Université Paul Sabatier, 2008

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