Rediscovery of the French endemic Chirocephalus spinicaudatus Simon, 1886 from France (Crustacea: Anostraca)

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Nicolas Rabet1 & Jean François Cart2
1 Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement, Uni-
versité Paris; 7, quai St Bernard, bat. A, 2ème étage
(case 7077) ; 75005 Paris, France
2 15, Avenue du Général de Gaulle; 10400 Nogent sur
Seine, France
In 1886, Simon described Chirocephalus
spinicaudatus from the vicinity of Paris,
France. Very little is known about this species,
except that it was collected from several sea-
sonal pools from Ivry, Paris , filled by infiltrated
water, and also perhaps from rock pools in
Lardy. C. spinicaudatus was first thought to be
widely distributed, with three subspecies
(Daday, 1910; Thiéry & Nourisson, 1988).
However, Belk & Brtek (1995) raised all the
subspecies to species level. During the last re-
vision of the French Branchiopod fauna (De-
faye et al., 1998) this species was considered as
possibly extinct since it had not been reported
since its discovery.
In 1999 we rediscovered this species in a
pool in the Aube department at Droupt Sainte
Marie (Champagne Ardenne region) (Fig. 1),
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Rediscovery of the French endemic Chirocephalus
spinicaudatus Simon, 1886 from France (Crustacea:
Anostraca)
Anostracan News
December 2002 Volume 10 Issue 1
Figure 1. Geographical distribution of Chirocephalus spinicaudatus Simon, 1886 Black squares correspond to first known locations (Simon, 1886),
which no longer exist. 1: Paris; 2: Ivry; 3: doubtful locale in Lardy. Black circles correspond to new locations. 4: small pool near the village of Saron
sur Aube; 5: large pool in Saron sur Aube; 6: Droupt Sainte Marie station. Grey area corresponds to important urban areas. Rivers are indicated in
italics.

co-occurring with Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus,
1756) and Lynceus brachyurus Müller, 1776.
This is the first record of L. brachyurus from
France (Rabet & Cart in preparation).
During a systematic sampling review of
temporary pools in 2000, we discovered a more
important population of C. spinicaudatus asso-
ciated with L. apus in a neighbouring pool in
the Marne department at Saron sur Aube
(Champagne Ardenne region). In 2001, we dis-
covered yet another pool near the village where
the second population was found.
Unfortunately, these rediscovered popula-
tions are endangered: the first pool has a re-
duced and variable population likely due to a
shadow cast by growing poplar trees planted in
the pool. The second pool is being progres-
sively filled by several types of material (soil,
farm waste and rubble). The last pool is treated
with Abate (temephos) by local public health
authorities in order to control mosquito popu-
lations. This treatment also killed the Anostra-
can population of the preceding year. These
mosquito control treatments threaten all the
temporary pools in this area. We think that a
protection of this endemic species is urgently
needed.
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