This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Garibian, Petr G., Sanoamuang, La-Orsri, Kotov, Alexey A. (2021): On the taxonomic status of Oriental populations of the genus Bosminopsis Richard 1895 (Crustacea: Cladocera). Zootaxa 5052 (2): 261-279, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.2.6
Abstract
It is widely accepted among the Cladocera (Crustacea) taxonomists that almost all “cosmopolitan” taxa are represented by some un-revised complexes of cryptic species. But many macro taxa of the cladocerans are still unrevised. The aim of this work is to analyze the taxonomic status of Oriental populations of the genus Bosminopsis Richard, 1895 (Anomopoda: Bosminidae) based on morphological characters. We have studied populations from India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea and concluded that Oriental populations belong to a single species, Bosminopsis africanus (Daday, 1908), initially described from Africa. Analysis of literature data confirms that is widely distributed through whole Oriental zone. A single large mucro, or the mucro accompanied by an additional small spine in both sexes, is the main trait which differentiates B. africanus from B. zernowi Linko, 1901 distributed in more northern regions of Eurasia.
Garibian P G, Sanoamuang L, Kotov A A, plazi (2021). On the taxonomic status of Oriental populations of the genus Bosminopsis Richard 1895 (Crustacea: Cladocera). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.2.6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.
