Description of five new species of Schellencandona Meisch, 1996 (Ostracoda: Candoninae) from the southern French Alps, a highly diversified area for groundwater ostracods Author Issartel, Colin Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LEHNA UMR 5023, CNRS, ENTPE, F- 69622, Villeurbanne, France. colin.issartel@univ-lyon1.fr Author Marmonier, Pierre Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LEHNA UMR 5023, CNRS, ENTPE, F- 69622, Villeurbanne, France. pierre.marmonier@univ-lyon1.fr text European Journal of Taxonomy 2025 2025-10-08 1022 85 133 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3083/13745 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3083 4e75ba96-fa3c-4d54-9fd2-8dfb24580efc 2118-9773 17366794 84DE4613-0AD2-431B-9F33-1D75F04543CD

Table 3. Comparison of the five new species based on their morphological differences. Carapace sizes in µm. Abbreviations: L = length; H = height; nb = number; for A1, III = 3 rd podomere; VI = 6 th podomere; for A2, EI = 1 st endopodial article.

characteristics	S.danielopoli sp. nov.	S. capderreyae sp. nov.	S. mercantour sp. nov.	S. claretae sp. nov.	S. malardi sp. nov.
carapace shape
lateral view	triangular	trapezoid	trapezoid	trapezoid	trapezoid
dorsal view	compressed	compressed	compressed	compressed	pyriform
carapace size
male L	600	600	545	480	485
H	330	300	275	230	240
H/L	0.55	0.50	0.50	0.48	0.49
female L	560	537	510	545	465
H	310	260	275	265	240
H/L	0.55	0.48	0.54	0.48	0.51
A1 -III nb seta	0	0	0	0	1
A1 -VI nb seta	1	1	2	2	2
A2 male (%EI )
G1	65%	56%	72%	60%	96%
G2	170%	180%	175%	180%	170%
G3	47% (seta)	84% (seta)	45% (seta)	20% (seta)	45% (seta)
z2	170% (claw)	160% (claw)	40% (seta)	45% (seta)	15% (seta)
Gm nb z setae	160% 3	170% 3	150% 3	150% 2	165% 2
L5 a seta	2	1	1	1	1
L6 d seta	0	0	1	1	0
L6 g seta	1	2	1	2	2