A new species of Acantholeberis (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) suggests an ancient geographic distribution of the genus in South America

  • Francisco Diogo R. Sousa Laboratório de Taxonomia Animal, Unidade Acadêmica Especial de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Jataí – UFJ, BR 364 km 195 n°3800, CEP 75801-615, Jataí, GO, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4389-8140
  • Lourdes Maria A. Elmoor-Loureiro Laboratório de Taxonomia Animal, Unidade Acadêmica Especial de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Jataí – UFJ, BR 364 km 195 n°3800, CEP 75801-615, Jataí, GO, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7439-9753
  • Raquel Fontoura Freiry Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNISINOS University, Unisinos Av. 950, São Leopoldo, RS 93022-750, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-2750
  • Juan Pablo Álvarez-Silva Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8478-4599
  • Cristina Stenert Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNISINOS University, Unisinos Av. 950, São Leopoldo, RS 93022-750, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9095-2018
  • Leonardo Maltchik Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, FURG, Av. Itália, Km 8, CEP 96.203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5321-7524
  • Paloma M. Lopes Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Ecologia, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Ilha do Fundão, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8970-7042
  • Reinaldo Luiz Bozelli Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Ecologia, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Ilha do Fundão, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9916-1629
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1797
Keywords: altitude, biogeography, limbs, morphology, taxonomy

Abstract

Acantholeberis smirnovi Paggi & Herrera-Martinez, 2020 (Cladocera: Acantholeberidae) was recently described from Andean habitats in South America. The presence of a population on the eastern coast of the continent brought the hypothesis of a new Neotropical species different from A. smirnovi. This hypothesis was confirmed from morphological, ecological and biogeographic evidence. Acantholeberis accolismaris Sousa, Elmoor-Loureiro & Álvarez-Silva sp. nov. differs from A. smirnovi in the morphology of the head, the valves and the limbs (especially the second and third limbs). Species of Acantholeberis are adapted to live in acid water bodies, with A. accolismaris sp. nov. presenting the same ecological requirements. However, the new species is adapted to live in temporary ponds near the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil in altitudes ranging between 4 and 15 meters above sea level. Considering that Acantholeberidae is an ancient taxon with a pre-Mesozoic origin, geological and environmental changes may have been relevant to speciation and to the observed biogeographic pattern of species of Acantholeberis in Neotropics.

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Published
2022-05-25
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Sousa, F. D. R., Elmoor-Loureiro, L. M. A., Freiry, R. F., Álvarez-Silva, J. P., Stenert, C., Maltchik, L., Lopes, P. M., & Bozelli, R. L. (2022). A new species of Acantholeberis (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) suggests an ancient geographic distribution of the genus in South America. European Journal of Taxonomy, 821(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1797
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Vol. 821 (2022)
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Copyright (c) 2022 Francisco Diogo R. Sousa, Lourdes Maria A. Elmoor-Loureiro, Raquel Fontoura Freiry, Juan Pablo Álvarez-Silva, Cristina Stenert, Leonardo Maltchik, Paloma M. Lopes, Reinaldo Luiz Bozelli

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