Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos da UFSCar

Foi publicado hoje o artigo “Shape variation of Aegla schmitti (Crustacea, Decapoda, Aeglidae) associated to superficial and subterranean stream reaches” de autoria das pesquisadoras Camile Sorbo Fernandes e Maria Elina Bichuette, do Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos da UFSCar. Abstract The species Aegla schmitti is relatively abundant in epigean streams in the Upper Ribeira Basin, southeastern Brazil and has a few records in caves. In this study, we questioned if those individuals would be an accidental presence or could be populations already established in cave streams? In this case, would morphological variations be associated with superficial and subterranean stream reaches? In this exploratory survey we tried to answer these questions by assessing the shape variation of cephalothorax using landmark-based geometric morphometrics. Different shapes were found [...]