NEW REPORTS OF FAIRY SHRIMPS (CRUSTACEA: ANOSTRACA AND CLAM SHRIMPS (CRUSTACEA: LAEVICAUDATA AND SPINICAUDATA) FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
ADRIENNE E. DEBIASE AND BARBARA E. TAYLOR
ABSTRACT
-Distributions of two species of fairy shrimps (Crustacea: Branchiopoda:
Anostraca) and two species of clam shrimps (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Laevicaudata
and Spinicaudata; formerly Conchostraca) in Carolina bays and other wetland
ponds are reported for the Atlantic Coastal Plain province of South Carolina.
The distributions are based on extensive sampling of 123 ponds at 11 sites
in 10 counties. The fairy shrimp Streptocephalus sealii, which
was common (28 ponds), has been previously published as a state occurrence.
Here, we present new county occurrences. The other fairy shrimp, Eubranchipus
moorei, which was uncommon (3 ponds), has not previously been reported
for the state, nor has either of the clam shrimps, Limnadia lenticularis,
which was uncommon (3 ponds), and Lynceus gracilicornis, which
was common (17 ponds).
SREL Reprint #2688
DeBiase, A. E. and B. E. Taylor. 2003. New reports of fairy shrimps (crustacea: anostraca and clam shrimps (crustacea: laevicaudata and spinicaudata) from South Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 2:207-216.
