title: A new species of the genus Anthalona Van Damme, Sinev & Dumont, 2011 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae) from North-East Thailand.
abstract: A new species of Cladocera, Anthalona spinifera sp. nov., is described from North-East Thailand. A. spinifera differs from most species of the genus in the setae of the inner distal lobe on limb I armed by long thin spines and in limb II having very short scraping spines 6-8, a character that is shared only with the South American Anthalona brandorffi (Sinev & Hollwedel, 2002). A. brandorffi differs from A. spinifera sp. nov. in the shape of postabdomen, in much longer posterior setae of valves, in posteroventral angle of valves armed with about 25 setules only, and in shortened setae of endite 2 of limb I. These two species form a separate advanced clade within Anthalona with Amphi-Pacific distribution.
authors: Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.; Email: su.tiangnga@gmail.com.
authors: Supatra
authors: S
authors: Tiang-Nga
authors: Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Moscow 119991, Russia.; Email: artemsinev@yandex.ru.
authors: Artem Y
authors: AY
authors: Sinev
authors: Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. International College, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.; Email: la_orsri@kku.ac.th.
authors: La-Orsri
authors: LO
authors: Sanoamuang
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D033361:Cladocera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D013785:Thailand