Chirocephalus algeriensis Boumendjel, Amarouayache & Bonillo, 2023

Chergui, Isslam, Satour, Abdellatif, Bouzid, Abdelhakim, Koulali, Khaled & Samraoui, Boudjéma, 2023, Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update, Zootaxa 5336 (3), pp. 328-348 : 338

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B04CD850-B9E2-4747-B8EF-D96E90A0EE7D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8281573
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A498793-FFD5-FF8F-FF5D-FECE2AFBBA59
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Chirocephalus algeriensis Boumendjel, Amarouayache & Bonillo, 2023
status

Treatment

Records in this study. None

Previous records in the Algerian Sahara. None

Previous records in the Hauts Plateaux and coastal area. It was recorded for the first time in Reghaïa ( Boumendjel et al. 2023).

Comments. This Algerian endemic is a recent addition to the list of Algerian branchiopods. It appears to be restricted to the coastal region, but further study is needed to determine its true distribution.