Life stages and morphological variations of Limnocythere inopinata (Crustacea, Ostracoda from Lake Jiang-Co (northern Tibet ): a bioculture experiment

Wang, Can1; Wang, Hailei2; Kuang, Xingxing1,3; Guo, Ganlin4

2021-01-18

10.3897/zookeys.1011.56065

ZooKeys   影响因子和分区

1313-2989

1313-2970

Limnocythere inopinata (Baird, 1843) is a Holarctic species, abundant in a number of Recent and fossil ostracod assemblages, and has many important taxonomic and (paleo)ecological applications. However, the life cycle and morphological characteristics of the living L. inopinata are still unclear. A bioculture experiment was designed to study life stages and morphological variations from stage A-8 to adult in this species. The living animals were collected from Lake Jiang-Co, in the northern Tibetan Plateau. Results reveal that this species possesses a special growth pattern with the maximum size increase occurring at the transition from the instars A-5 to A-4. The growth pattern deviates from Brooks' rule and one population from Like Dali, eastern Mongolian Plateau. This suggests that the life history of L. inopinata may be influenced by environmental factors. Some morphological differences between Lake Jiang-Co and European populations of L. inopinata are also uncovered. Therefore, a detailed morphological description of this population is provided, but refrain from erecting a new species at the present stage because those differences appear to be inconsistent.

Cytheroidea growth pattern morphological characteristics Tibetan Plateau

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National Natural Science Foundation of China[41372179,91747204] ; Special Funds for Basic Scientific Research, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences[JYYWF20182701] ; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil and Groundwater Pollution Control[2017B030301012] ; Highlevel Special Funding of the Southern University of Science and Technology["G02296302","G02296402"]

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1.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Soil & Groundwater Pollut, Sch Environm Sci & Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, MNR Key Lab Saline Lake Resources & Environm, Inst Mineral Resources, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China
3.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Shenzhen Municipal Engn Lab Environm IoT Technol, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
4.Jiangsu Ocean Univ, Jiangsu Key Lab Marine Biotechnol, Lianyungang 222005, Peoples R China

Wang, Can,Wang, Hailei,Kuang, Xingxing,et al. Life stages and morphological variations of Limnocythere inopinata (Crustacea, Ostracoda from Lake Jiang-Co (northern Tibet ): a bioculture experiment[J]. ZooKeys,2021(1011).

Wang, Can,Wang, Hailei,Kuang, Xingxing,&Guo, Ganlin.(2021).Life stages and morphological variations of Limnocythere inopinata (Crustacea, Ostracoda from Lake Jiang-Co (northern Tibet ): a bioculture experiment.ZooKeys(1011).

Wang, Can,et al."Life stages and morphological variations of Limnocythere inopinata (Crustacea, Ostracoda from Lake Jiang-Co (northern Tibet ): a bioculture experiment".ZooKeys .1011(2021).