Ceriodaphnia cornuta Sars, 1885

CHATTERJEE, TAPAS, KOTOV, ALEXEY A., DAMME, KAY VAN, CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. & PADHYE, SAMEER, 2013, An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India, Zootaxa 3667 (1), pp. 1-89 : 12-13

(17) Ceriodaphnia cornuta Sars, 1885

Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (2000a); Andhra Pradesh — Siddiqi & Chandrasekhar (1993), Chandrasekhar (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998b, 2004a), Malathi et al. (1998), Karuthapandi et al. (2012); Assam — Biswas (1980), Sharma B.K. et al. (2000), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008 a, b), Sharma S (2008b); Bihar — Brehm (1950), Nasar (1977), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Delhi — Arora & Mehra (2009); Goa— Rane (2008); Haryana —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Himachal Pradesh —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Jammu & Kashmir—Sharma K.K. & Chandrakiran (2011); Jharkhand — Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Chandrasekhar & Chatterjee (2008); Karnataka — Patil & Gouder (1988), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Raghunathan (1988), Raghunathan & Rane (2001), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2007), Ansari et al. (2008), Suresh et al. (2009); Kerala — Brehm (1953), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Raghunathan & Rane (2001), Subashh Babu & Nayar (2004), Subhash Babu & Thomas (2007); Madhya Pradesh —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Shukla et al. (2002); Maharashtra — Rane (2002, 2004, 2005a, b, 2006), Pawar et al. (2003), Jayabhaye & Madlapure (2006), Kamble et al. (2007), Jayabhaye (2010), Vanjare et al. (2010), Shinde et al. (2012), Vaidya & Patale (2012); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009); Meghalaya — Patil (1976), Biswas (1980), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (1999; 2011), Sharma S. (2010a, b); Punjab—Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Nayar (1971), Venkataraman (1992b), Sharma R et al. (2011); Tamil Nadu — Michael (1973), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Raghunathan (1990, 1991), Balamurugan et al. (1999), Revathi & Raghunathan (1999), Raghunathan & Rane (2001), Altaff & Muthupriya (2002), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009), Raghunathan & Revathi (1999a, b, c), Sivakumar & Altaff (2004), Kudari et al. (2005), Usha et al. (2006), Raghunathan & Valarmathi (2007), Mohideen et al. (2008), Kanagasabapathi & Rajan (2010), Dheenadayalamoorty & Sultana (2011), Devi & Ramanibai (2012); Tripura —Venkataraman (1995b), Venkataraman & Das (2000); Uttar Pradesh —Sharma Y. & Jaiswal (2012); West Bengal — Gurney (1906, 1907), Swell (1935), Michael (1966b, 1968), Sharma B.K. (1978), Mandal (1980), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1993b, 1998c), Chandrasekhar (1998a), Venkataraman & Das (1993), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Sinha & Khan (2000), Venkataraman et al. (2000), Khan (2003), Nandi & Das (2003), Mukhapadhyay et al. (2007), Ganesan & Khan (2008), Mandal & Mukherjee (2010), Datta (2011), Patra et al. (2011); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from Australia ( Sars 1885). Probably there is a group of similar species globally, including C. rigaudi , which is often used instead of C. cornuta ( Berner, 1987) . It is very common in freshwater (Michael & Sharma B.K. 1988), but Nandi & Das (2003) reported this species from brackishwater wetlands of West Bengal.

Observations on the life cycle of Ceriodaphnia cornuta was performed by Michael (1962), Murugan (1975b), Kanaujia (1982), Khan (1983b) and Subhash Babu & Nayar (1993).

Distribution. Widely distributed in tropics and subtropics of all continents ( Smirnov et al. 1995).