This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cottarelli, Vezio, Aygen, Cem, Mura, Graziella (2010): Fairy shrimps from Asiatic Turkey: Redescription of C hirocephalus tauricus Pesta, 1921 and descriptions of C hirocephalus algidus sp. nov. and C hirocephalus brteki sp. nov. (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca). Zootaxa 2528: 29-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196472
Abstract
A detailed redescription of Chirocephalus tauricus Pesta, 1921 is provided, and two new fairy shrimp taxa belonging to the “ diaphanus ” and “ bairdi ” groups (Brtek, 1995), Chirocephalus algidus sp. nov. and C. brteki sp. nov., are described and discussed. The new species were collected in Turkey, respectively from Alagöl, a temporary pool close to the glacial Lake Karagöl on Mount Bolkar, Taurus, 3100 m a.s.l. (border of Nigde province), and from Lake Alan Gölü, 600 m a.s.l., a shallow lake on the border of Izmir province, close to the village of Bozalan. A number of morphological features (related to the first antenna, mandibles, first maxilla and some notopods) are also illustrated and discussed in relation to their taxonomic and phylogenetic importance.
Key words: Crustacea, Anostraca, Chirocephalus, new species, Turkey
Cottarelli V, Aygen C, Mura G, plazi (2010). Fairy shrimps from Asiatic Turkey: Redescription of C hirocephalus tauricus Pesta, 1921 and descriptions of C hirocephalus algidus sp. nov. and C hirocephalus brteki sp. nov. (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.196472 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-15.
