Moina micrura Kurz, 1875

Etilé, Raphaël N’doua, Bédia, Théophile Aké, Blahoua, Georges Kassi, Bi, Gouli Goore, Kouamelan, Paul Essetchi & N’Douba, Valentin, 2020, Stiatoandricus georgei Cuesta-Porta & Melika & Nicholls & Stone & Pujade-Villar 2022, Zoological Studies 59 (31), pp. 1-14 : 9

Moina micrura Kurz, 1875

Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire: Ayame Lake I ( Yté et al. 1982 1983; Ouattara et al. 2007); Ebrie Lagoon: Aghien, Layo ( Arfi et al. 1987; Legendre et al. 1987; Aka et al. 2016a b); Bia and Agnebi Rivers ( Ouattara et al. 2007); Grand-Lahou Lagoon ( Etilé et al. 2009); Tendo-Ehy-Aby lagoonal system ( Monney et al. 2015); Bagoe River ( N’da et al. 2015); Comoé River in Comoé National Park ( Yao et al. 2015); Buyo Lake ( Yté et al. 1996; Kouamé et al. 2018); fish ponds in Gagnoa ( Amian et al. 2018); Sassandra River main stem, Lobo and Davo Rivers ( Kouamé et al. 2018); Fresco Lagoon ( Etilé et al. 2018); Hana River in Taï National Park ( Diomande et al. 2018).

Synonyms: Moina weberi Richard 1891 ; Moina macrophtalma Stingelin 1913 ; Moina lacustris Rammner 1931 ; Moina macrocephala Rammner 1933 ; Moina latidens Brehm 1933 ; Moina parva Jenkin 1934 ; Moina dodhui Rane 1987 .

World distribution: According to Chatterjee et al. (2013) and Jeong et al. (2014), M. micrura is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and southern Europe; it was considered a cosmopolitan species by De los Ríos-Escalante and Kotov (2015) and Ghaouaci et al. (2018).