Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892

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 : 52

23. Grimaldina brazzai Richard, 1892

Grimaldina Brazzai Richard 1892b: 214–218 , figs 1–3; Daday 1910, p. 130 –139, Pl. 7: fig. 26; Rey and Saint-Jean 1968, p. 97, fig. 13; Fryer 1974, p. 236 –238, figs 128–129; Smirnov 1976, p. 155 –156, figs 137–139; Ko ř ínek 1984, p. 50, fig. 26; Smirnov 1992, p. 107 –109, figs 461–468; Silva-Briano 1998, p. 149 –151, figs 1–10.

Type locality. "Mayoumba et Caca Muerca (Congo Français)" (Richard 1892b), now in Gabon .

Richard's specimens. Lectotype (selected here) USNM 1134577 : Parthenogenetic female on slide with Richard number 207 labelled “ Grimaldina brazzai Richard , ♀, Congo, Caca Muerca, 10 juin 1890 ”.

Females from sample DGF 851 from “Fr. Eq. Africa” (no further information).

Samples DGF 855 and DGF 865 from “Caca Muerca. Fr. Eq. Africa” do not contain this species.

Sample DGF 708 from “Mayoumba. Congo, Fr. Eq. Africa”, contained Grimaldina brazzai according to Frey’s card, but is no longer present in the collection.

Comments. A valid species ( Smirnov 1992), reported circumtropically but rare; non-African populations should be reconciled with specimens from type locality. Only African records are presented in the synonymy.