Chydorus sphaericus (O. F. Muller, 1785)

Pugh, P. J. A., Dartnall, H. J. G. & McInnes, S. J., 2002, The non-marine Crustacea of Antarctica and the Islands of the Southern Ocean: biodiversity and biogeography, Journal of Natural History 36 (9), pp. 1047-1103 : 1053

‘ Chydorus sphaericus ’ sensu lato (O. F. Müller, 1785)

Lyncaeus sphaericus O. F. Müller, 1785 ; Chydorus ‘ mutilis ’ Kreis, 1921 sensu Brancelj, 1996 .

Descriptions: Ekman (1905); Smirnov (1996). Listed in: Poppe and Mrazek (1894); Daday de Dées (1902); Sars (1909); Pesta (1928); Lofthouse (1967); Dreux (1970); Dartnall and Heywood (1980); § Frey (1993b).

Recorded from: freshwater lakes and/or pools.

Locations: S. Orkney Is.? §, South Georgia, Falkland Is., Îles Crozet, Îles Kerguelen, Macquarie I., [Amsterdam I., S. America (Tierra del Fuego), Holarctic: cosmopolitan].

Notes. (1) § The South Orkney record ( Frey, 1993b) is suspect and not listed anywhere else. (2) There is confusion between C. patagonicus and C. sphaericus which could suggest this ‘species’ represents a species complex.