| Remarks |
Habitat made of small ponds and creeks formed by springs of the Carcote saltpan near to Calama city at 3706 m altitude, and representing an endorrheic isolated
system in the southern Altiplano that includes a few endemic forms (Arratia, 1982; Parenti, 1984a; Costa, 1997, 1998, 2003; Vila, 2006; Vila et al., 2007). Water of small ponds with high salinity due to concentrations of sodium chloride (Marquez et al., 2009). Fauna of Carcote saltpan represented by small populations of insects (Elmidae, Chrironomidae, and Hydroptilidae), crustaceans (Boeckellidae, Chidoridae, and Hyalellidae), and mollusk (Biomphalaria). Shallow waters of Carcote saltpan springs inhabited by O. gloriae where small populations are distributed among macrophyte mats. Observations in situ along with analyses of stomach contents showed larvae of aquatic insects, amphipods and mollusks inside stomachs of O. gloriae (Ref. 89071). |