Moina wierzejskii Richard, 1895

Kotov, Alexey A. & Ferrari, Frank D., 2010, The taxonomic research of Jules Richard on Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) and his collection at the National Museum of Natural History, U. S. A., Zootaxa 2551 (1), pp. 37-64 : 49

19. Moina wierzejskii Richard, 1895

Moina brachiata (Jurine) in Wierzejski 1893, p. 234 –235, Pl. 5: figs 2–7.

Moina Wierzejskii Richard 1895e, p. 195 –199, figs 9–13; Goulden 1968, p. 42 –48, figs 17–19; Smirnov 1976, p. 206 – 208, figs 182, 187–188.

Moina platensis Birabén 1917, p. 264 –266, figs 4–7; Birabén 1918, p. 118 –123, figs 38–44.

Type locality. "Environs de Port-au Prince" ( Richard 1895e), Haiti .

Richard's specimens. Many females and males from samples DGF 719, “Moulin de Drouillon”; DGF 751, “Mare Coucher Blain. Port au Prince”; DGF 800, “Mare T. Vienp. et Briqueterie. Port au Prince”; DGF 806, “Florian Armond-Rouge. Port au Prince”; DGF 836, “Carrefour. Port-au-Prince”.

This species is absent from other samples taken in the vicinity of Port-au Prince ( DGF 721, 727, 752, 805, 989), although Moina cf. micrura is present in the some of the samples.

Comments. Valid species, widely distributed in North, Central and South America ( Goulden 1968; Smirnov 1976).