Abstract
Proasellus lescherae n.sp. is a little, interstitial species, living in the underflow of Rio Guadalope Basin (a tributary of Ebro River). It is related to the water-slaters of the underground waters of the Pyreneo-cantabrigian region (the phyletic line of ProaselIus spelaeus Racovitza). The mean size of the reproductive females is very small (2.9 mm) and the brood contains only 6-10 eggs. Nevertheless, the size of the eggs and intramarsupial larval stages are the same as in epigean or hypogean species of the genus, which reach a larger adult size.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.9.3.6
Recommended Citation
Henry, Jean-Paul and Guy Magniez.
1977.
Un Asellide interstitiel du bassin de I'Ebre (Espagne): Proasellus lescherae n.sp. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota).
International Journal of Speleology,
9: 273-280.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol9/iss3/6