Ceriodaphnia pulchella Sars, 1862

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

(20) Ceriodaphnia pulchella Sars, 1862

Indian records. Jammu & Kashmir— Brehm (1936), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Raina & Vass (1993), Nath (1994), Dar et al. (2002); Karnataka — Raghunathan (1988), Rajasthan —Sharma V. et al. (2012); Tamil Nadu —Raghunathan (1983), Raghunathan & Revathi (1999a), Raghunathan & Rane (2001), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009); Uttarakhand —Kumar et al. (2012); 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 Norway ( Sars 1862b). It could be important for resolving the taxonomic status, that the Indian populations (Michael & Sharma B.K. 1988) seem to have very short additional spines on the distal part of preanal margin.

Distribution. Northern portion of the Old World, down to South China and the Philippines ( Smirnov et al. 1995).