Eulimnadia indocylindrova Durga Prasad and Simhachalam, 2004

Padhye, Sameer, Timms, Brian & Ghate, Hemant V., 2016, Large branchiopod (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) egg morphology of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India, Zootaxa 4079 (2), pp. 246-254 : 252

Eulimnadia indocylindrova Durga Prasad and Simhachalam, 2004

Size: 105–125 µm (n=5). Eggs cylindrical in shape, though in some orientation show a barrel shaped structure. Anterior and posterior ends of the cylinder with furrows arranged randomly and/or in parallel arrangement while the grooves always parallel along the length of the cylinder. Ridges broadly triangular in cross section, furrows narrow and slit like, similar in shape with little variation. Surface of the egg ornamented with small pores ( Fig. 4 B).

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FIGURE 4. Eggs of: A, Triops granarius; B, Eulimnadia indocylindrova; C, Leptestheria nobilis (female brood pouch with eggs); D, Leptestheria nobilis (single egg SEM). Scale bars: A = 100 µm; B = 50 µm; C = 500 µm; D = 20 µm.