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a
b
--------Fig. 1. Carapace profiles of Colombian species of Limnadiidae. Only females are shown: all specimens at about the same developmental stage
and raised at moderate temperatures. a: L. orinoquiensis; b: E. colombiensis; c: E. magdalenensis; d. e: E. cf geayi. Scale bar = I mm.
ing species. Distinctive features are the general shape,
its size relative to the terminal claw and the presence
and the arrangement of spines and setae (Fig. 3).
Eggshell. The shape, as well as other structural
peculiarities. of the eggshell and its surface provide
important criteria for classification; nevertheless, variability seems to be relatively high, especially in the