Rhynchotalona latens (Sarmaja-Korjonen, Hakojarvi & Korhola, 2000)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Unapertura latens Sarmaja-Korjonen, Hakojarvi & Korhola, 2000 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Previously only known as a fossil species, living specimens were later discovered (van Damme & Nevlainen, 2019).
Distribution
Finland
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kaarina Sarmaja-Korjonen, Mari Hakojärvi and Atte Korhola. (2000). Subfossil remains of an unknown chydorid (Anomopoda: Chydoridae) from Finland. Hydrobiologia 436(1-3): 165-169. [Abstract]
Other references:
Cotten, C. A. (1985). Cladoceran assemblages related to lake conditions of Eastern Finland. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Indiana, Bloomington. 96 pp.
van Damme, Kay and Nevalainen, Liisa. (2019). The most latent cladoceran in the Holarctic revealed—sinking Unapertura Sarmaja-Korjonen, Hakojärvi & Korhola, 2000 into the genus Rhynchotalona Norman, 1903 (Branchiopoda: Cladocera: Chydoridae). Zootaxa 4613(3): 463-476.
Fefilova, Elena et al. (2020). Biogeographic patterns of planktonic and meiobenthic fauna diversity in inland waters of the Russian Arctic. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13624 [Abstract]
Korhola, A. (1992). The Early Holocene hydrosere in a small acid hill-top basin studied using crustacean sedimentary remains. Journal of Paleolimnology, 7: 1-22.
Nevalainen, Liisa. (2008). Sexual reproduction in chydorid cladocerans (Anomopoda, Chydoridae) in southern Finland—implications for paleolimnology. Ph.D. thesis. Publications of the Department of Geology D16, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 54 pp.
Nevalainen, Liisa, Kivilä, E. Henriikka, Luoto, Tomi P., Rantala, Marttiina V. and Van Damme, Kay. (2019). A hidden species becoming visible: biogeography and ecology of Rhynchotalona latens (Cladocera, Anomopoda, Chydoridae). Hydrobiologia 837(1): 47-59.
Szeroczyńska, K. and Sarmaja-Korjonen, K. (2007) Atlas of Subfossil Cladocera from Central and Northern Europe. Friends of the Lower Vistula Society, Świecie. 84 pp.