Spring and autumn fauna of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the center of East Asia plain: Hunan and Hubei Provinces of China Author Dadykin, Ivan A. Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1 - 12, Moscow 119991, Russia. Author Sinev, Artem Y. Biological Faculty, Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, No. 1, International University Park Road, Dayun New Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, 518172, China. & Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1 - 12, Moscow 119991, Russia. Author Gu, Yangliang China Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment No. 16 - 18, Ruihe Road, Huangpu District, Guangzhou 510535, China. & Department of Ecology and Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. Author Han, Bo-Ping Department of Ecology and Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-28 5380 1 1 25 https://mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5380.1.1/52355 journal article 280018 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.1.1 0778d64c-644d-4bdb-8dde-3ebfd34dc7e9 1175-5326 10212806 D8256C0A-FD09-4EBB-90A0-69542E09C8BD Coronatella rectangula (Sars, 1862) (= Alona rectangula Sars, 1862 ). Inhabits vegetated lotic water bodies of any type , predominantly in spring. Males and ephippial females were recorded in both spring and autumn at localities S4, S7, S32, A22, A34. C. rectangula is a Palearctic species, distributed from Spain to Far East of Russia , common in China . In East Asia, the species penetrates south up to Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo , but South-East Asian populations slightly differ from those of the Palearctic in that they have narrower postabdomen, probably presenting a species-complex ( Sinev & Yusoff 2015 ; Sinev et al. 2015). Common in China ( Ji et al. 2015 ). For description, see Van Damme & Dumont (2008) .