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 ) similis Zelinka, 1889 Records from India . ANDHRA PRADESH : Kadapa (= Cuddapah), Palakol, Visakhapatnam— Dhanapathi (1976) , Rao & Mohan (1977) ; ASSAM —Barundanga, Deepor bil, Dhaphlong, Muijan, Maghuri— Sharma & Sharma (2008) ; MAHARASTRA : Pune— Kulkarni et al . (2015) ; MEGHALAYA — Sharma & Sharma (1990) ; ODISHA : Cuttack, Sambalpur— Sharma (1987) ; WEST BENGAL : Kolkata (= Calcutta), Howrah— Sharma (1980) ; GEN- ERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004) , Purushothaman (2017) . Habitat (as in Indian records). Freshwater; among filamentous algae and aquatic vegetation. Distribution . Cosmopolitan. Remarks . Following Schwank’s (1990) classification, Naidu & Rao (2004) in their review reported the species as belonging to the subgenus Euchaetonotus , which is invalid ( Kisielewski 1997 ). The specimens found in India seems to fit rather well the description of the species from e.g., Europe, with the possible exception of the ventral side for which details have not been reported or appear in contrast with what it is known for the taxon (see e.g., Sharma 1980 vs Schwank 1990 ).