An annotated checklist of the chaetonotidan Gastrotricha from India Author Chatterjee, Tapas Near Hari Mandir Road, Hirapur, Dhanbad 826001, Jharkhand, India. Author Todaro, M. Antonio 0000-0002-6353-7281 Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 213 / D, I- 41125 Modena, Italy. antonio. todaro @ unimore. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6353 - 7281 antonio.todaro@unimore.it text Zootaxa 2021 2021-09-01 5027 3 332 350 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5027.3.2 1175-5326 5449646 FC464127-CED8-4F28-8A50-F8A0BCD08D49 Chaetonotus ( Chaetonotus ) elegans Konsuloff, 1921 Records from India . MAHARASTRA : Aurangabad - Kagzipura lake— Harkal & Mokashe (2013 , 2015 ). Habitat (as in Indian records). Freshwater; among epiphytes. Distribution . European species; lately it was reported also from India (but see below the ‘Remarks’). Remarks . Recently, some gastrotrich specimens from the Kagzipura Lake have been identified as C. elegans ( Harkal & Mokashe 2013 , 2015 ). According to the authors, specimens were fixed in formalin, stained with rose Bengal and identified with the aid of Thorp & Covich’s (2001) manual. Considering that the identification to species of formalin-fixed, chaetonotid gastrotrichs is very challenging even for the most experienced gastrotrich taxonomists, and that, most important, the identification key in Thorp & Covich (2001) refers 1) to American taxa only, and 2) with regards to the Gastrotricha, identification is solely at the genus level, we consider the Indian record of C. elegans by Harkal & Mokashe (2013 , 2015 ) to be unreliable. Consequently, this species should not be considered amongst the Indian fauna.