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
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Zootaxa
2013
2013-06-05
3667
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3667.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3667.1.1
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Moina macrocopa
(Straus, 1820)
s.lat.
Indian records.
Delhi
—
Brehm (1963)
;
Kerala
—
Subhash Babu & Nayar (2004)
;
Maharashtra
—Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988),
Vanjare
et al.
(2010)
,
Koli & Muley (2012)
;
Rajasthan
—(1971); Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Sharma V.
et al.
(2008, 2012);
Tamil Nadu
—
Brehm (1936)
,
Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002
, 2009),
Kudari
et al.
(2005)
; General record—
Fernando & Kanduru (1984)
, Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987),
Murugan
et al.
(1998)
;
Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003)
.
Remarks.
Valid species described from Europe (
Straus 1819
–1820).
Moina easu
Brehm, 1936
and
Moina ganapati
Brehm, 1963
are junior synonyms of
Moina macrocopa
(see
Goulden 1968
).
Biology of this species was carried by Kour (2012a, b)
Distribution.
Palaearctic (
Smirnov 1976
). Its presence in southern
India
(e.g.,
Kerala
) should be checked in detail.