An annotated checklist of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea) of the Dutch Caribbean islands
Author
Soesbergen, Martin
Author
Sinkeldam, Jos
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-26
4701
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25
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journal article
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Family
Daphnidae Straus, 1820
Simocephalus
Schoedler, 1858
. One juvenile animal of the genus
Simocephalus
was found in a well at Bronswinkel on
Bonaire
(
Rammner 1933
).
Ceriodaphnia rigaudi
Richard, 1894
.
C. rigaudi
Richard, 1894
(
Rammner 1933
)
is sometimes considered a
nomen nudum
(
Kotov
et al.
2013
). The valid name is considered to be
Ceriodaphnia cornuta
Sars, 1885
. A description of an unhorned ‘form’ of
C. cornuta
was given by
Richard (1894)
as
C. rigaudi
.
Rzoska (1956)
believed it to be a polymorphic species, with all forms merging in each other in one population (
Zaret 1969
). Today, these taxa are considered to be a species complex, with several undescribed Neotropical species (
Sharma & Kotov 2013
). The valid name of
C. rigaudi
is from Asian (
Tonkin
) material, and the animals from
St. Maarten
should be examined in detail, together with the original description. The typical form was found in a walled well with alkaline, mesohaline water at Pos Baca (
Rammner 1933
).
C. rigaudi
was common in Freshpond North and South on
St. Maarten
in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2008.
Ceriodaphnia quadrangula
O.F. Müller, 1785
.
C. quadrangula
was found together with
Leberis davidi
in a well at Bronswinkel (
Bonaire
) by
Rammner (1933)
.