Macrothricidae Norman et Brady, 1867

Smirnov, N. N., 2008, Check-List of the South-African Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda), Zootaxa 1788 (1), pp. 47-56 : 50

Macrothricidae Norman et Brady, 1867

(59) Lathonura rectirotris (O. F. Mueller, 1785) , reported by Hart and Dumont (2005), found in the locality at 20° S. P.

(60) Macrothrix capensis Sars, 1916 . Rather common in our samples. In Sars 1916, as Echinisca ); Johnson (1953); Harding (1961, as Echinisca ); Smirnov (1992); Clarke and Rayner (1999, as Echinisca ). General distribution: Africa, Australia. FO 12%.

(61) Macrothrix odiosa Gurney, 1916 . General distribution: South Europe, Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Sunda islands. FO 2%.

(62) Macrothrix sarsi Kotov, 2007 . Previously misidentified as Macrothrix propinqua Sars, 1909 in Sars (1916); Clarke and Rayner (1999); Seaman et al. (1999).

(63) Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853 . Mentioned by Sars (1916); Johnson (1953); Harding (1961); Clarke and Rayner (1999); Seaman et al. (1999). General distribution: circumtropical and circumsubtropical. FO 12%.

(64) * Macrothrix triserialis Brady, 1886 . General distribution: circumtropical and circumsubtropical. FO 1%.

Ophryoxus sp. in Rayner et al. (1995, misidentification of Macrothrix odiosa ).