First record of Branchinella spinosa (Milne-Edwards) (Crustacea: Branchiopodacolon; Anostraca) from Greece |
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| Authors: | Theodore J Abatzopoulos Luc Brendonck Patrick Sorgeloos |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece;(2) Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, De Beriotstraat 32, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium;(3) Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Ghent, Rozier 44, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | As the result of a first screening of temporary inland water habitats,Branchinella spinosa is here recorded for the first time in Greece. This finding extends the circum-Mediterranean part of its vast distribution.
The species was collected from a shallow astatic coastal salt-marsh that is mainly fed by rainwater, where it coexists but
rarely co-occurs withArtemia parthenogenetica. Branchinella spinosa is only the fourth anostracan species currently known from Greece. The poor knowledge of anostracan richness and abundance
is mainly due to limited sampling efforts in this area. As temporary aquatic habitats are threatened by several anthropogenic
activities, especially agriculture and land clearing for urbanisation and tourism, there is an urgent necessity for further
monitoring and protection of these precious habitats. |
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| Keywords: | Anostraca Branchinella spinosa Greece |
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