Guernella raphaelis Richard, 1892

Kotov, Alexey A. & Ferrari, Frank D., 2010, The taxonomic research of Jules Richard on Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) and his collection at the National Museum of Natural History, U. S. A., Zootaxa 2551 (1), pp. 37-64 : 52

24. Guernella raphaelis Richard, 1892

Guernella Raphaelis Richard 1892b, p. 218 –221, figs 4–5; Rey and Saint-Jean 1968, p. 97, fig. 14; Fryer 1974, p. 227 – 230, figs 110–112; Smirnov 1976,p. 156, figs 140–141; Ko ř ínek 1984,p. 50–51, fig. 27; Smirnov 1992, p. 114, figs 485–490.

Type locality. "Mayoumba et à l'endroit nommé " Caca Muerca ""(Richard 1892b), Gabon .

Richard's specimens. A few females from samples DGF 851 and DGF 854 from “Fr. Eq. Africa” (no further information).

Samples DGF 855 and DGF 865 from “Caca Muerca. Fr. Eq. Africa” do not contain this taxon. Sample DGF 883 from “Mayoumba. Congo, Fr. Eq. Africa”, which also contained Guernella raphaelis according to David Frey’s card, is no longer present in the collection.

Comments. A valid species ( Smirnov 1992), reported circumtropically but rare; non-African populations should be reconciled with specimens from type locality. Only African records were presented in the synonymy.