Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) longispinosus Stokes, 1887

Chatterjee, Tapas & Todaro, M. Antonio, 2021, An annotated checklist of the chaetonotidan Gastrotricha from India, Zootaxa 5027 (3), pp. 332-350 : 336

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scientific name	Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) longispinosus Stokes, 1887
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Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Visakhapatnam— Rao & Mohan (1987); WEST BENGAL: Achipur in South 24 Parganas District— Sharma (1980); GENERAL RECORD: Naidu & Rao (2004), Purushothaman (2017).

Habitat (as in Indian records). Freshwater; among aquatic algae and vegetation.

Distribution. North America ( USA & Ontario), Europe and India.

Remarks. This is one of the smallest gastrotrich species (up to 82 μm in total length); it is characterized by eight, relatively long, barbed spines organized in two rows at mid-posterior trunk, with spines of the posterior row much longer than spines of the first row, reaching the tip of the furcal appendages. The specimens found in India match the original description. The name of the species appears misspelled in the legend of Fig. 61 of Naidu & Rao (2004).

References

Naidu, K. V. & Rao, G. C. (2004) Gastrotricha. In: Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Zoological Survey of India, Kol- kata, pp. 169.

Purushothaman, J. (2017) Gastrotricha. Chapter 8. In: Chandra, K., Gopi, K. C., Rao, D. V., Valarmathi, K. & Alfred, J. R. B. (Eds.), Current Status of Freshwater Faunal Diversity in India. Published by the Director, Zoological. Survey of India, Kolkata, pp. 8115 - 125.

Rao, R. K. & Mohan, P. C. (1987) Gastrotrich fauna of India with notes on their distribution. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 7, 146 - 153.

Sharma, B. K. (1980) Taxonomic notes on some freshwater Gastrotricha from West Bengal, India. Hydrobiologia, 70, 265 - 267. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 00016769