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Triops simplex

Triops simplex

Ghigi, 1921

GBIF:212461141

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Previous records in the Algerian Sahara. Laghouat (Blanchard 1891), Ghardaïa (Gauthier 1934 a), Tasilli N’Ajjer (Thiéry & Rogers 2022). Previous records in the Hauts Plateaux and coastal area. The phylogeography of the T. cancriformis species complex has been the focus of a detailed study using molecular analyses (Korn et al. 2006, 2010) that reinstated T. simplex to full status. The species has been recorded at Biskra (Simon 1885), Mécheria, between Laghouat and Djelfa (Gauthier 1928 b), Dayet El Itima (Gauthier 1934 a), Boucif, Jemot (Samraoui et al. 2006), Timerganine, Jemot (Ouahioune Rais 2019), Jemot (Beladjal & Amarouayache 2023).
Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled, Samraoui, Boudjéma (2023): Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update. Zootaxa 5336 (3): 328-348, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2
Comments. T. simplex is common in the steppe zone of the Hauts Plateaux as well as in the arid northern Sahara. As observed in Tunisia (Marrone et al. 2016), the species is not present in the humid coastal regions.
Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled, Samraoui, Boudjéma (2023): Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update. Zootaxa 5336 (3): 328-348, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2

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Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled, Samraoui, Boudjéma (2023): Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update. Zootaxa 5336 (3): 328-348, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the diversity and distribution of large branchiopods in the Algerian Sahara and Hauts Plateaux. The survey identified a total of eleven species, classified into seven Anostraca, two Notostraca, and two Spinicaudata. Large branchiopods were found in 76.6% of the sites surveyed. In particular, new records of Triops granarius (Lucas, 1864) were obtained from the Tasilli N’Ajjer region (Central Sahara), while Eocyzicus saharicus (Gauthier, 1937) was added to the list of large branchiopods of Algeria, bringing the total number of species in Algeria to twenty-four. In addition, this study examines the latitudinal gradient of major branchiopod assemblages in Algeria, extending from the northern Mediterranean coast to the arid regions of the Sahara. The study identifies eight major assemblages of large branchiopods distributed across different ecoclimatic zones that occur along the latitudinal and longitudinal axes of the country. In addition, the study draws parallels between Algerian assemblages and those in neighboring Morocco and Tunisia.

Chergui I, Satour A, Bouzid A, Koulali K, Samraoui B, plazi (2023). Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3vred4 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.

CC0Published 8/23/2023View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
212461141
Dataset Key
d42f2345-5cdf-460e-b05a-2d6f5088f202
Origin
source
Backbone Key
10759400
Taxon ID
7A498793FFD4FF8EFF5DFD5B2B3ABC3D.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026