Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849

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 : 10-11

(11) Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849

Indian records. Along the coasts of Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea— Rajagopal (1962), Menon et al. (1971), Della Croce & Venugopal (1972), Vijayalakshmi & Venugopalan (1972), Madhupratap & Haridas (1975), Madhupratap (1981, 1987), Haridas et al. (1980), Raghunathan & Srinivasan (1983), Goswami & Devassy (1991), Goswami et al. (2000), Robin et al. (2009); Tamil Nadu – Manikannan et al. (2011); General record— Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2003).

Remarks. Valid marine species. Vijayalakshmi & Venugopalan (1972) investigated the biological aspects of this species.

Distribution. Along coasts of all continents ( Korovchinsky 2004).

Pseudosida bidentata Herrick, 1884

Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (1991b, 2000a); Andhra Pradesh — Siddiqi & Chandrasekhar (1993), Chandrasekhar (2004a); Assam —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008a); Goa— Rane (2008); Jammu & Kashmir— Parveen (1988), Dar et al. (2002), Ahangar et al. (2012b); Karnataka — Ansari et al. (2008); Kerala —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Maharashtra — Rane (2006); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (1999; 2011), Hatter et al. (2004), Sharma S (2010b); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971) (as P. szalayi ), Venkataraman (1992b); Tripura —Venkataraman (1995b), Venkataraman & Das (2000); Tamil Nadu — Venkataraman (1993a, 1999b), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009); West Bengal — Venkataraman et al. (2000), Venkataraman & Das (1993, 2001), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1998c), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Sinha & Khan (2000), Khan (2003); South India — Brehm (1953); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. P. bidentata is a valid Neotropical taxon described from the USA ( Herrick 1884). All Indian records are misidentifications. Probably they are in reality P. szalayi ( Daday, 1898) .