Coronatella Dybowsky & Grochowski 1894
Creators: name: Sousa, Francisco Diogo R.
name: Fuentes-Reinés, Juan M.
name: Vásquez-Ramos, Jesús M.
name: Eslava-Eljaieka, Pedro
name: Elmoor-Loureiro, Lourdes M. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Branchiopoda
Diplostraca
Chydoridae
Coronatella

description: Identification key of American species of Coronatella
1a Posteroventral corner of carapace with denticles............................................2 (monacantha - group)
1b Posteroventral corner of carapace without denticles.......................................................... 3
2a One denticle on the posteroventral corner of carapace, one denticle on the labral keel, seta on the exopodite of the Limb II reduced...................................................... Coronatella monacantha (Sars, 1901) (Neotropic)
2b Two denticles on the posteroventral corner of carapace, labral keel naked, seta on the exopodite of the Limb II rudimentary................................... Coronatella undata Sousa, Elmoor-Loureiro & Santos, 2015 (Brazil and Colombia)
3a Row of setae on the carapace not reaching the end of the carapace..............................4 (trachystriata -group)
3b Row of setae on the carapace reaches the end of the carapace.................................................. 5
4a IDL setae with basalmost spines similar or slightly shorter than the base width of the respective setae, sixth scraper of second limb with thin spines markedly shorter than width of the scraper base......................................................................................... Coronatella paulinae Sousa, Elmoor-Loureiro & Santos, 2015 (Brazil)
4b IDL setae about two times longer than the width of the base of the respective setae, sixth scraper of second limb with thick spines slightly shorter than the width of the scraper base.................... Coronatella jimenezae sp. nov. (Colombia)
5a Inner spinules on the posterior margin of carapace arranged in groups........................ 6 (circumfimbriata -group)
5b Inner spinules on the posterior margin of carapace not arranged in groups........................................................................................... Coronatella poppei Richard, 1897 (Southern of South America)
6a Postabdominal claw with long and thin setulae on the base............... Coronatella cf. circumfimbriata (Andes, Chile)
6b Postabdominal claw with short spinules on the base.......................................................... 7
7a Postanal margin of postabdomen armed with 6–8 clusters of denticles.................................................................................................... Coronatella circumfimbriata (Megard, 1967) (Nearctic)
7b Postanal margin of postabdomen armed with 5–6 clusters of denticles.................................................................................. C oronatella serratalhadensis Sousa, Elmoor-Loureiro & Santos, 2015 (Brazil)
description: Published as part of Sousa, Francisco Diogo R., Fuentes-Reinés, Juan M., Vásquez-Ramos, Jesús M., Eslava-Eljaieka, Pedro & Elmoor-Loureiro, Lourdes M. A., 2025, A new species of Coronatella Dybowski & Grochowski, 1894 (Cladocera: Chydoridae) from Colombia, pp. 259-269 in Zootaxa 5584 (2) on page 266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/14830920