Hydrobiologia The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences Volume 486, 15 October 2002 Special Issue Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology 4 Guest Editors A.M. Maeda-Martinez, B.V. Timms, D.C. Rogers, F.A. Abreu-Grobois & G. Murugan Preface Alejandro M. Maeda-Martinez, Gopal Murugan MORPHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT The amplexial morphology of selected Anostraca D. Christopher Rogers Unusual sensory setae of the raptorial Branchinecta gigas (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) Michel A. Boudrias, Jammieson Pires Morphology and biometry of three populations of Artemia (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico Robert J. Mayer SEM investigations of the larval development of /mnadia yeyetta and Leptestheria dahalacensis (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) Erich Eder SYSTEMATICS AND REGIONAL FAUNAS A confusing trio of Branchinecta (Crustacea: Anostraca) from the western North America with a description of a new species Denton Belk, D. Christopher Rogers A morphological re-evaluation of the anostracan families Linderiellidae and Poly- artemiidae, with a redescription of the linderiellid Dexteria floridana (Dexter 1956) (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) D. Christopher Rogers First record of the family Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Anostraca) from Southeast Asia and description of a new species of Branchinella La-orsri Sanoamuang, Nukul Saengphan, Gopal Murugan xX The fairy shrimp genus Branchinella Sayce (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Western Australia, including a description of four new species Brian V. Timms Description of a new subgenus and a new species of Thamnocephalus (Crusta- cea: Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from the Salinas Grandes Basin, Cordoba Province, Argentina Rosa Graciela Cohen Molecular characterization of the tadpole shrimp Triops (Branchiopoda: Notostraca) from the Baja California Peninsula, México: New insights on species diversity and phylogeny of the genus Gopal Murugan, Alejandro M. Maeda-Martinez, Hortencia Obregon-Barboza, Norma Y. 101-113 Hernandez-Saavedra Survey of large branchiopods on Aruba and observations on taxonomic characters in Leptestheria (Spinicaudata) Denton Belk, Mary Schug Belk, K.A.L. Reading 115-118 The large branchiopods (Anostraca, Notostraca and Spinicaudata) of Numidia (Algeria) Boudjéma Samraoui, H.J. Dumont 119-123 Female-based characters for anostracan (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) identification: A key for species of California and Oregon, USA D. Christopher Rogers 125-132 Distributional survey of large branchiopods of rice paddies in Shiga Prefecture, Japan: a Lake Biwa museum project based on lay amateur participation Mark J. Grygier, Yasushi Kusuoka, Miyoshi Ida, Lake Biwa Museum Field Reporters 133-146 ECOLOGY AND AQUACULTURE Temporary pools are not ‘enemy-free’ Luc Brendonck, Erik Michels, Luc De Meester, Bruce Riddoch 147-159 Cyst ornamentation in aquatic invertebrates: a defence against egg-predation Henri J. Dumont, S. Nandini, S.S.S. Sarma 161-167 Studies on functional response and prey selection using zooplankton in the anostracan Chirocephalus diaphanus Prevost, 1803 169-174 S.S.S. Sarma, S. Nandini Population dynamics of Triops cancriformis (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca) of the Espolla temporary pond in the northeastern Iberian peninsula Dani Boix, Jordi Sala, Ramon Moreno-Amich 175-183 Ecological observations and biomass proximate composition of the brine shrimp Artemia (Crustacea: Anostraca) from Pichilingue, Baja California Sur, México Ludwig C.A. Naegel, Sonia Rodriguez-A. 185-190 Crustacean assemblage and environmental characteristics of a man-made solar salt- work in southern France, with emphasis on anostracan (Branchiopoda) population dynamics Alain Thiéry, Ludovic Puente 191-200 The co-occurrence of Artemia parthenogenetica and Branchinella spinosa (Branchio- poda: Anostraca) in a saline pond of south eastern Italy S. Moscatello, G. Belmonte, G. Mura 201-206 On the Spinicaudata (Branchiopoda) from Lake Cuitzeo, Michoacan, México: First report of a clam shrimp fishery Maria Araceli Martinez-Pantoja, Javier Alcocer, Alejandro M. Maeda-Martinez 207-213 Survey of aquatic macroinvertebrates and amphibians at Wupatki National Monument, Arizona, USA: An evaluation of selected factors affecting species richness in ephemeral pools Tim. B. Graham 215-224 Biogeography and ecology of Anostraca (Crustacea) in middle Paroo catchment of the Australian arid-zone Brian V. Timms, Peter R. Sanders 225-238 A preliminary analysis of the conchostracans (Crustacea: Spinicaudata and Laevicaudata) of the middle Paroo catchment of the Australian arid-zone Brian V. Timms, Stefan Richter 239-247 Rice bran as a diet for culturing Streptocephalus proboscideus (Crustacea: Anostraca) A. Jawahar Ali, Henri J. Dumont 249-254 Assessing anostracan (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) cyst bank size: An attempt at a standardized method C. Maffei, G. Mura, P. Zarattini 255-261 REPRODUCTION A survey of the reproductive biology in Italian branchiopods Part A. The female gonad of Limnadia lenticularis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Spinicaudata) and Lepidurus apus lubbocki Brauer, 1873 (Notostraca) Franca Scanabissi, Corrado Mondini 263-272 A survey of the reproductive biology in Italian branchiopods Part B. The male gonad of Lepidurus apus lubbocki Brauer, 1873 (Notostraca) Franca Scanabissi, Corrado Mondini 273-278 Reproductive and brood cycles of Artemia persimilis Piccinelli & Prosdocimi from Colorada Chica Lake (Province of La Pampa, Republica Argentina), under laboratory conditions Ximena Inés Pastorino, Enrique Marschoff, Rosa Graciela Cohen 279-288 Cyst development in the conchostracan shrimp, Eulimnadia texana (Crustacea: Spini- caudata) Stephen C. Weeks, Vivien Marcus, Ronald L. Salisbury, Donald W. Ott 289-294 GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY A genetic comparison of two species of clam shrimp in the genus Eulimnadia: An electrophoretic approach Stephen C. Weeks, R. Joel Duff 295-302 Xil Cytogenetic variability and differentiation in Artemia (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) popu- lations from the Yucatan Peninsula, México Laura Torrentera, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois 303-314 A preliminary study in the use of RAPD markers in detecting genetic differences in hatching patterns of Chirocephalus diaphanus Prévost, 1803 (Crustacea: Anostraca) P. Zarattini, V. Rossi, B. Mantovani, G. Mura 315-323 Immunocytochemical identification of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone-producing cells in the brain of a freshwater fairy shrimp, Streptocephalus dichotomus Baird (Crustacea: Anostraca) M. Nithya, N. Munuswamy 325-333 Author index 61610. List of participants 336-338 Electronic journals at Kluwer) nlninee Contact your librarian for more information .