Copepoda source details
Ranga Reddy, Y. (2018). An updated checklist of groundwater crustaceans from India. Crustaceana 91 (6): 677-731.
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10.1163/15685403-00003786 [view]
Ranga Reddy, Y.
2018
An updated checklist of groundwater crustaceans from India.
Crustaceana 91 (6): 677-731.
91(6):677-731.
Publication
Available for editors [request]
Only eight groundwater crustacean species were known in India till the end of 20th century. Analysis of about 4000 samples collected during 2000-2016 from diverse groundwater habitats, especially in certain pockets of the deltaic belt of the Rivers Krishna and Godavari in the southeastern peninsular India, has so far yielded about 90 new crustacean taxa. Of these, 67 new species have
been described formally, which include, respectively, 34, 27, 3, 2 and 1 species each of Copepoda,
Bathynellacea, Amphipoda, Isopoda and Ostracoda. The updated checklist presented herein includes
a total of 87 species in 45 genera, 22 families and 8 orders. For each species, the reference to its
original description, type locality, distribution, and ecological notes, co-occurring fauna, if any, and
sampling method(s) are given. Besides map-pointing the type localities of the species, brief notes
are given on the biogeography and conservation.
Asia
Biodiversity, Taxonomic and ecological diversity
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Elaphoidella crassa Chappuis, 1954 (additional source)
Himalayacaris Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Corgosinho, 2014 (additional source)
Mesochra wolskii Jakubisiak, 1933 (additional source)
Parastenocaris enckelli Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Shaik, 2016 (additional source)
Parastenocaris gayatri Ranga Reddy, 2001 (additional source)
Parastenocaris muvattupuzha Ranga Reddy & Defaye, 2009 (additional source)
Parastenocaris sutlej Ranga Reddy, 2011 (additional source)
Himalayacaris Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Corgosinho, 2014 (additional source)
Mesochra wolskii Jakubisiak, 1933 (additional source)
Parastenocaris enckelli Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Shaik, 2016 (additional source)
Parastenocaris gayatri Ranga Reddy, 2001 (additional source)
Parastenocaris muvattupuzha Ranga Reddy & Defaye, 2009 (additional source)
Parastenocaris sutlej Ranga Reddy, 2011 (additional source)
Cuba for Mesochra wolskii Jakubisiak, 1933
India for Cletocamptus deitersi deitersi (Richard, 1897)
India for Dussartstenocaris bisetosa Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Shaik, 2016
India for Elaphoidella crassa Chappuis, 1954
India for Himalayacaris Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Corgosinho, 2014
India for Kinnecaris godavari Ranga Reddy & Schminke, 2009
India for Mesochra wolskii Jakubisiak, 1933
India for Parastenocaris edakkal Totakura, Ranga Reddy & Shaik, 2014
India for Parastenocaris enckelli Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Shaik, 2016
India for Parastenocaris kotumsarensis Ranga Reddy & Defaye, 2009
India for Parastenocaris savita Ranga Reddy, 2001
India for Parastenocaris savita Ranga Reddy, 2001
India for Cletocamptus deitersi deitersi (Richard, 1897)
India for Dussartstenocaris bisetosa Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Shaik, 2016
India for Elaphoidella crassa Chappuis, 1954
India for Himalayacaris Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Corgosinho, 2014
India for Kinnecaris godavari Ranga Reddy & Schminke, 2009
India for Mesochra wolskii Jakubisiak, 1933
India for Parastenocaris edakkal Totakura, Ranga Reddy & Shaik, 2014
India for Parastenocaris enckelli Ranga Reddy, Totakura & Shaik, 2016
India for Parastenocaris kotumsarensis Ranga Reddy & Defaye, 2009
India for Parastenocaris savita Ranga Reddy, 2001
India for Parastenocaris savita Ranga Reddy, 2001
Biology
sex ratio 3 males to aprox. 180 females [details]
Ecology
water temperature 32°C, pH 7,0 [details]
Ecology
water temperature 12°C, pH 9,6 [details]
Ecology
water temperature 30°C, pH 7.0. Co-occuring with Proserpinicaris corgosinhoi and nematodes. [details]
Ecology
water temperature 31°C, pH 7.0. [details]
Habitat
Interstitial. Found in coarse sand and pebbles beneath boulders of a river. [details]
Habitat
known from interstitial freshwaters (rivers, a cave) only [details]
Habitat
Hyporheic waters of a river (stygobiontic species). [details]
Habitat
cavernicolous species (stygobiont species) [details]
Habitat
interstitial zone of a river (stygobiontic species) [details]