Ceriodaphnia laticaudata (P. E. Müller, 1867)

CHATTERJEE, TAPAS, KOTOV, ALEXEY A., DAMME, KAY VAN, CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. & PADHYE, SAMEER, 2013, An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India, Zootaxa 3667 (1), pp. 1-89 : 13

(19) Ceriodaphnia laticaudata (P. E. Müller, 1867)

Indian records. Andhra Pradesh —Chandrasekhar (1994, 2004a), Chandrasekhar & Kodarkar (1994), Karuthapandi et al. (2012); Himachal Pradesh — Biswas (1964b); Jammu & Kashmir— Yousuf et al. (1984), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Nath (1994); Kerala — Raghunathan & Rane (2001); Madhya Pradesh — Shukla et al. (2002); Maharashtra — Brehm (1953), Pawar et al. (2003), Rane (2006), Jayabhaye & Madlapure (2006); Patil et al. (2008), Kedar et al. (2008), Waghmare & Lokhande (2009), Ghantaloo et al. (2011); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Sharma V. et al. (2008), Sharma R. et al. (2011); Tamil Nadu — Raghunathan & Revathi (1999a, b), Revathi & Raghunathan (1999), Raghunathan & Rane (2001), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009), Sahoo & Jameson (2006); Uttarakhand —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); West Bengal —Mandal & Mukherjee (2011); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from Denmark ( Müller 1867a).

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Holarctic, Oriental zone, Africa, Australia ( Smirnov et al. 1995).

Ceriodaphnia lacustris Birge, 1893

Indian records. Rajasthan —Sharma R et al. (2011).

Remarks. Doubtful record. Ceriodaphnia lacustris was described from Wisconsin and Michigan, U.S.A. ( Birge 1893). It is very unusual to find a North American taxon in India.