Pleuroxus truncatus (Müller, 1785)

Pugh, P. J. A., Dartnall, H. J. G. & McInnes, S. J., 2002, The non-marine Crustacea of Antarctica and the Islands of the Southern Ocean: biodiversity and biogeography, Journal of Natural History 36 (9), pp. 1047-1103 : 1054

Pleuroxus truncatus (Müller, 1785)

Lyncaeus truncatus Müller, 1785 ; Peracantha truncata (Müller, 1758) in Pesta (1928) and

Smirnov (1996); Chydorus globulosus Mahoon et al., 1985 .

Description: Smirnov (1996). Listed in: Pesta (1928); Smith and Sayers (1971).

Recorded from: freshwater lakes and/or pools.

Locations: South Georgia *§, [Holarctic].

Note. § Not con rmed since 1928, probable introduction (*) or misidenti cation of P. wittsteini ; the genus Pleuroxus does not occur on Scotia Arc (5South Atlantic) islands ( sensu Frey, 1993b ).