Sida crystallina (O.F. Müller, 1776 )

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 : 11

(15) Sida crystallina (O.F. Müller, 1776) s.lat.

Indian records. Andhra Pradesh —Chandrasekhar (1994), Chandrasekhar & Kodarkar, (1994); Assam — Biswas (1980), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008a, b); Bihar —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Jammu & Kashmir— Brehm (1936), Akthar (1972), Balkhi (1987), Parveen (1988), Nath (1994), Raina & Vass (1993), Dar et al. (2002), Siraj et al. (2006), Ahangar et al. (2012b); Madhya Pradesh — Unni (1996); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (1999), Sharma S. (2010a); Tamil Nadu — Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009); Tripura — Venkataraman & Das (1995a, 2000); Rajasthan — Tripathi et al. (2008); West Bengal — Khan (2003); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from Denmark ( Müller 1776). This is a rare taxon in India.

Distribution. According to Korovchinsky (2004), the Indian populations belong to the subspecies S. crystallina crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1776) , widely distributed in Eurasia. But the specimens from illustration of Biswas (1980) and Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988) could be interpreted as S. crystallina ortiva Korovchinsky, 1979 , so the status needs to be clarified.