Disparalona hamata Birge, 1879

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 : 57

(118) Disparalona hamata Birge, 1879 s. lat.

Indian records. Rajasthan —Sharma V. et al. (2012) (as Dispearlona hamata ).

Remarks. Valid species described from Massachusets, U.S.A. ( Birge 1879). It is common in tropics and subtropics of Old and New world ( Smirnov 1996). Recently it has also been reported in Western Europe (as exotic species). Oriental populations probably compose a separate species ( Sinev & Sanoamuang 2011), and names are available (see previous record).