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This paper deals with the interstitial Cladocera fauna of the Ter river (NE Spain) and offers the first description of the male of Alona phreatica Dumont.
Eight Chydorid species (Alona phreatica, A. guttata, A. quadrangularis, A. rectangula, A. rustica, Pleuroxus denticulatus, P. aduncus, Chydorus sphaericus) were widely distributed over the Ter basin. In one site, a large number of individuals of many cladocera species, as well as other crustacean species (Harpacticoida, Amphipoda, Cyclopoida and Ostracoda) were found. This confirms the importance of chydorids in hyporheic habitats, ignored by many previous studies on this subject.
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Sabater, F. On the interstitial cladocera of the River Ter (Catalonia, NE Spain), with a description of the male of Alona Phreatica . Hydrobiologia 144, 51–62 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008051
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