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1^st new species officially described and published as part of the Stygofauna inventory in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Kijowska M., Szwarc A., Mioduchowska M., Lefebvre F., Alezine T., Chevillot X., Malard F., Douady C., Wysocka A. & Namiotko T., 2026. Integrative taxonomy of a new hyporheic ostracod species of the genus Candonopsis (Ostracoda: Candonidae) from Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, with first evidence of Cardinium bacterial infection in groundwater crustaceans. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-026-00700-w

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Candonopsis danilucae sp. nov. (© J.-F. Cart / SEPANSO)

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Press kit

• Presentation file for the stygofauna program: In search of life in groundwater, 2024.

Videos

• What is stygofauna? (teaser). © SEPANSO Aquitaine 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIqrCwEQnSc
• In search of life in groundwater (Part one). Dir. Claude Clin Productions © SEPANSO Aquitaine 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t22mN6KA0YY
• Towards a bio-indicator of groundwater quality (Part two). Dir. Claude Clin Productions © SEPANSO Aquitaine 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9n8GB_EyLw

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