Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) tibetana (Sars, 1903)

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(33) Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) tibetana (Sars, 1903)

Indian records. Jammu & Kashmir— Brehm (1936), Brehm & Woltereck (1939), Venkataraman (2000a); General Record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from Tibet ( Sars 1903a) as a type species of the genus Daphniopsis Sars, 1903 . The latter genus was found to be a junior synonym of Daphnia O.F. Müller, 1785 ( Glagolev 1983, Alonso 1996, Benzie 2005). Recently molecular biologists ( Colbourne et al. 2006; Adamowicz et al. 2009) came to the same conclusion, which was made by morphologists already more than 20 years ago. Peculiar species in that it is mostly found in brackish waters at high altitudes.

Distribution. High altitudes of Asia: Tibet and Mongolia, western China, India ( Benzie 2005; Venkataraman 2000a).

Daphnia tibetana f. fusca , see Daphnia fusca

Hyalodaphnia hypsicephala , see Daphnia hypsicephala

Megafenestra aurita ( Fischer, 1849)

Indian records. Jammu & Kashmir— Akthar (1972), Nath (1994); Rajasthan —Sharma V. et al. (2012); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984);

Remarks. Megafenestra aurita is a valid species described from European Russia ( Fischer 1849). According to Dumont & Van de Velde (1983), it is distributed in the Palaearctic and South Africa. No descriptions or illustrations confirming its presence in India are known.

Scapholeberia aurita , see Megafenestra aurita