An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea : Branchiopoda) from India / Tapas Chatterjee, Alexey A. Kotov, Kay van Damme, S.V.A. Chandrasekhar & Sameer Padhye

• Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Order Ctenopoda Sars, 1865 -- Family Sididae Baird, 1850 -- Family Holopediidae Sars, 1865 -- Order Anomopoda Sars, 1865 -- Family Daphniidae Straus, 1820 -- Family Moinidae Goulden, 1968 -- Family Bosminidae Baird, 1845 sensu Sars, 1865 -- Family Ilyocryptidae Smirnov, 1976 sensu Smirnov, 1992 -- Family Macrothricidae Norman et Brady, 1867 -- Family Eurycercidae Kurz, 1875 sensu Dumont et Silva-Briano, 1998 -- Family Chydoridae Dybowski et Grochowski, 1894 -- Subfamily Aloninae Dybowski et Grochowski, 1894 -- Subfamily Chydorinae Dybowski et Grochowski, 1894 -- Order Onychopoda Sars, 1865 -- Family Polyphemidae Baird, 1845 -- Family Podonidae Mordukhai-Boltovskoi, 1968 -- Order Haplopoda Sars, 1865 -- Family Leptodoridae Lilljeborg, 1861 -- Addional lapsi -- Discussion -- Keeping track of taxonomical updates -- Cosmopolitan species groups, not cosmopolitan species -- The next step -- Acknowledgements -- References. 

• Based on a revision of available literature on the Indian Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda), we present an updated checklist, with taxonomical updates and comments for all taxa recorded since the start of research of this group in the country since 1860. We have listed a total of 137 valid taxa, of which most records belong to species groups that need revision worldwide. The situation in Indian Cladocera taxonomy is, at present, insufficient for realistic conclusions on biodiversity, ecology and biogeography. We list suggestions for an improvement of the current situation.

Subject headings

Cladocera  -- India -- Classification (LCSH)

Cladocera  -- India -- Identification (LCSH)

Cladocera.  (fast)

India.  (fast)

Genre

Classification.  (fast)

Guidebooks.  (fast)

Publication and Content Type

595.32 (DDC)

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