Open AccessNew Gynandromorph Records for Chirocephalus diaphanus (Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Chirocephalidae)
Author(s) -
D. Christopher Rogers,
Vezio Cottarelli,
Federico Marrone
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zoodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-7268
pISSN - 2707-725X
DOI - 10.15407/zoo2021.06.459
Subject(s) - anostraca , branchiopoda , biology , canthaxanthin , zoology , cladocera , crustacean , astaxanthin , botany , carotenoid
We report and describe new Chirocephalus diaphanus Prévost, 1803 gynandromorphs from Tunisia and review the literature of anostracan gynandromorphy and other, possibly associated, somatic aberrations, with comments on their evolutionary significance. Our material has three specimens that are specifically deformed on the left side of the head.