Spring and autumn fauna of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the center of East Asia plain: Hunan and Hubei Provinces of China Author Dadykin, Ivan A. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1 - 12, Moscow 119991, Russia. Author Sinev, Artem Y. Biological Faculty, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, No. 1, International University Park Road, Dayun New Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518172, China. & Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1 - 12, Moscow 119991, Russia. Author Gu, Yangliang China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment No. 16 - 18, Ruihe Road, Huangpu District, Guangzhou 510535, China. & Department of Ecology and Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Author Han, Bo-Ping Department of Ecology and Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-28 5380 1 1 25 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5380.1.1/52355 journal article 280018 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.1.1 0778d64c-644d-4bdb-8dde-3ebfd34dc7e9 1175-5326 10212806 D8256C0A-FD09-4EBB-90A0-69542E09C8BD Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882 . A relatively common benthic species found mostly in lakes in autumn. I. spinifer inhabits muddy or clay substrates. The species is distributed worldwide, except for the Palearctic. No evidence of the non-cosmopolitanism of I. spinifer has been found ( Kotov & Dumont 2000 ). The species is common in East Asia , including China ( Xiang et al. 2015 ). For detailed description see Kotov & Dumont (2000) and Kotov et al. (2012) for Far Eastern populations.