Ilyocryptus cf. raridentatus Smirnov, 1989

Dadykin, Ivan A., Sinev, Artem Y., Gu, Yangliang & Han, Bo-Ping, 2023, Spring and autumn fauna of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the center of East Asia plain: Hunan and Hubei Provinces of China, Zootaxa 5380 (1), pp. 1-25 : 11

Ilyocryptus cf. raridentatus Smirnov, 1989

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A rare benthic species associated with muddy substrates, found in Hunan in a lake (A8) and in a pond (S32). We found only first instar females which does not retain valves from previous molts. Each seta of posterior margin of the valves bears a strong lateral spine. For detailed description see Jeong et al. (2012). Ilyocryptus raridentatus s. str. was described from Australia, morphologically similar populations were recorded from Korea, China and South-East Asia, but their identity with Australian species was not confirmed ( Jeong et al. 2012).