An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India Author CHATTERJEE, TAPAS Author KOTOV, ALEXEY A. Author DAMME, KAY VAN Author CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. Author PADHYE, SAMEER text Zootaxa 2013 2013-06-05 3667 1 1 89 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3667.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3667.1.1 1175-5326 5266205 0A38BF2A-135C-4C57-B291-40C34DD54FB9 (61) Guernella raphaelis Richard, 1892 Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (2000a) ; Bihar —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya —Sharma B.K. (2010); Tamil Nadu — Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002 , 2003 ); Rajasthan — Venkataraman (1990b) ; West Bengal — Venkataraman & Das (1993) , Venkataraman et al. (2000) ; General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984) , Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003) . Remarks. Valid species ( Smirnov 1976 , 1992 ; Kotov & Ferrari 2010 ) described from Gabon ( Richard, 1892 ). Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003) incorrectly listed “ raphalis ” as species epitheton. Distribution. Circumtropical, but non-African populations need to be revised. Gurneyella odiosa , see M. odiosa Macrothrix capensis ( Sars, 1916 ) Indian records. General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984) . Remarks. For India it is a doubtful record. M. capensis was described as Echinisca from South Africa ( Sars 1916 ). Then similar populations were also found in Australia ( Smirnov & Timms 1983 ; Smirnov 1992 ). Smirnov (1976) regarded monodi as a subspecies of E. capensis . Perhaps this was a reason for the determination by Fernando & Kanduru (1984) . Most probably they meant M. odiosa . Macrothrix chevreuxi Guerne and Richard, 1892 Indian records. Assam — Biswas (1980) ; Rajasthan — Biswas (1971) ; General record— Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003) . Remarks. It was described from Senegal and Gabon (Guene & Richard 1892 ). M. chevreuxi was found to be a junior synonym of M. triserialis (Michael & Sharma B.K. 1988; Smirnov 1992 ). Then Dumont et al. (2002) and Kotov et al. (2004) concluded that “ M. triserialis ” is a large group of cryptic species, but it seems that actual M. triserialis s.str. (described from Sri Lanka ) is present in India . It is unknown what Biswas (1971) meant under this name, perhaps M. triserialis . Macrothrix goeldi Richard, 1897 Indian records. Andhra Pradesh — Karuthapandi et al. (2012) ; Rajasthan — Nayar (1971) ; Tamil Nadu — Mohideen et al. (2008) ; Maharashtra — Pandit et al. (2007) ; West Bengal — Gurney (1907) , Sharma B.K. (1978), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman & Das (1993) , Sinha & Khan (2000) , Khan (2003) , Datta (2011) ; General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984) , Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998) ; Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003) . Remarks. It was described from Chile ( Richard 1897 ). Junior synonym of M. spinosa ( Dumont & Van de Velde 1977 ; Smirnov 1992 ; Kotov & Ferrari 2010 ). Macrothrix groenlandica Lilljeborg, 1901 Indian records. Jammu & Kashmir— Brehm (1936) ; General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984) , Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Murugan et al. (1998) , Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003) . Remarks. It was described from Greenland , territory of Denmark ( Lilljeborg 1901 ). According to opinion of many recent investigators ( Hudec 1983 ; Margaritora & Usai 1983 ; Silva-Briano 1998 ; Kotov 2007 , 2008), characters discriminating M. groenlandica from M. hirsuticornis fall within the variability of the latter. Therefore M. groenlandica is a junior synonym of M. hirsuticornis .