Moinidae

Sinev, Artem Y., Gu, Yangliang & Han, Bo-Ping, 2015, Cladocera of Hainan Island, China, Zootaxa 4006 (3), pp. 569-585 : 575

Family Moinidae

Moina micrura Kurz, 1874 . Common species, encountered in plankton of reservoirs, ponds, and rivers, more frequent in spring. Usually rather numerous. For description see Goulden (1968). The species was described from Czech Republic, recorded in South and Central Europe, tropical Asia, Africa, North and South America ( Goulden 1968), but according to Petrusek et al. (2004), M. micrura is a complex of cryptic species. Common species in Oriental region, mostly associated with temporary pools, rice fields and small shallow semi-permanent ponds.

Moinodaphnia macleayi (King, 1853) . Encountered in spring only, in two reservoirs, one pond and one paddy field. Littoral species, associated with muddy bottom and vegetation, attach itself to the substrate like Simocephalus . For description see Goulden (1968), and for description of the Indochina populations see Idris (1983). The species was described from Australia, and presumed to be pantropical ( Goulden 1968); populations from South-East Asia are probably conspecific with Australian ones. Species rare for China, for list of records see Xiang et al. (2015).