AN ANALYSIS OF THE SETATION PATTERN OF THE LIMBS IN ANOSTRACA (CRUSTACEA) - USING THE ALGERIAN SPECIES AS AN EXAMPLE

The implantation, number, and structure of the setae on the endopodite s and exopodites of the limbs, and the setulation of the setae of endi te I of all Anostracan species found in Algeria are analysed by light and scanning electron microscopy and graphically represented. The data disclose significant variation among the genera Artemia, Branchinella , Branchipus, Chirocephalus, Streptocephalus and Tanymastigites, and b etween the related congeners Streptocephalus torvicornis and S. rubric audatus.