Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Large Branchiopods in Algeria and a checklist update Author Chergui, Isslam Laboratoire de bio-ressources sahariennes: préservation et valorisation, Faculté des sciences de la nature et de la vie Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria & Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria Author Satour, Abdellatif Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria Author Bouzid, Abdelhakim Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria Author Koulali, Khaled Laboratoire de bio-ressources sahariennes: préservation et valorisation, Faculté des sciences de la nature et de la vie Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria & Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Ouargla, Ouargla, Algeria Author Samraoui, Boudjéma Laboratoire de Conservation des Zones Humides, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria & Department of Biology, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba, Annaba, Algeria text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-23 5336 3 328 348 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.2 1175-5326 8281535 B04CD850-B9E2-4747-B8EF-D96E90A0EE7D Triops simplex Ghigi, 1921 Records in this study. Jemot ( Oum El Bouaghi ), Dam of Laghouat (Houita). Previous records in the Algerian Sahara. Laghouat (Blanchard 1891), Ghardaïa ( Gauthier 1934a ), Tasilli N’Ajjer ( Thiéry & Rogers 2022 ). Previous records in the Hauts Plateaux and coastal area. The phylogeography of the T. cancriformis species complex has been the focus of a detailed study using molecular analyses (Korn et al. 2006, 2010) that reinstated T. simplex to full status. The species has been recorded at Biskra ( Simon 1885 ), Mécheria, between Laghouat and Djelfa ( Gauthier 1928b ), Dayet El Itima ( Gauthier 1934a ), Boucif, Jemot ( Samraoui et al. 2006 ), Timerganine, Jemot ( Ouahioune Rais 2019 ), Jemot ( Beladjal & Amarouayache 2023 ). Comments. T. simplex is common in the steppe zone of the Hauts Plateaux as well as in the arid northern Sahara. As observed in Tunisia ( Marrone et al . 2016 ), the species is not present in the humid coastal regions.