The field data provide species distribution records of a crustacean group called the large branchiopods from some freshwater habitats in the Western Ghats of India. Species occurrence data have been collected from the year 2009 until 2017 at 45 different localities by means of qualitative sampling using a hand net of 150 µm mesh. Data include species name and occurrence records with name, GIS information and waterbody type of the sampled locality. A total of 12 species from 5 different orders which includes three new endemic species and two distinct populations are reported from a total of 90 samples (Rogers and Padhye 2014, 2015; Padhye and Dahanukar, 2015; Padhye and Ghate 2016; Padhye and Kulkarni, 2017; Padhye et al. 2015, 2016, 2018). All the three endemic species have a geographically restricted range with one species, Leptestheria gurneyi known only from its type locality till date. These data, therefore, provide baseline information for future biodiversity conservation planning and management of the habitats as well as the species.
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
data contributor/owner 2
contact name:
Mihir R. Kulkarni
contact email:
mihircoolkarni@gmail.com
contact institute:
Department of Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University
criteria for using this part of the dataset:
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M. & Kulkarni, M.R.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Large Branchiopoda occurrence data (2009-2017) in the Northern Western Ghats, India.
year:
2019
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.15468/vpaw3g
citation of the metadata:
author(s):
Padhye S.M.P. & Kulkarni M.R.K.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Occurrence data of large branchiopods in the Northern Western Ghats, India. Freshwater Metadata Journal 41: 1-6
year:
2019
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2019.41
dataset related references:
reference 1:
author(s):
Rogers, C. & Padhye, S.M.
title:
A new species of Streptocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Streptocephalidae) from the Western Ghats, India, with a key to the Asian species. Zootaxa 3802 (1): 075-084.
year:
2014
doi:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3802.1.6
reference 2:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M., Rabet, N. & Ghate, H.V.
title:
First faunal inventory of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of Western Maharashtra, India with taxonomical and distributional comments. Zootaxa 3904 (2): 208-222.
year:
2015
doi:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.2
reference 3:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M. & Dahanukar, N.
title:
Distribution and assemblages of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Limnology 74(2): 371-380.
year:
2015
doi:
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2015.1115
reference 4:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M. & Ghate, H.V.
title:
Description of a new species of the genus Leptestheria (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4127(2): 345-354.
year:
2016
doi:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.6
reference 5:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M., Timms, B. & Ghate, H.V.
title:
Large branchiopod (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) egg morphology of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4079 (2): 246-254.
year:
2016
doi:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4079.2.6
reference 6:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M. & Kulkarni, M.R.
title:
A new Indian record and morphological variation for Eulimnadia khoratensis Rogers et al., 2016 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Zootaxa 4268 (1): 147-150.
year:
2017
doi:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4268.1.10
reference 7:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M., Rabet, N., Kulkarni, M.R. & Pagni, M.
title:
A new species of genus Eulimnadia Packard, 1874 (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae) from India with an updated key for some Indian species.
year:
2018
doi:
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4399.3.4
reference 8:
author(s):
Rogers, D. C., & Padhye, S.M.
title:
Review of the large branchiopod crustacean fauna of the Indian Subcontinent (Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 35(3), 392-406.
Rogers, D.C. & Padhye, S. (2015). Review of the large branchiopod crustacean fauna of the Indian Subcontinent (Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata, Cyclestherida). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 35(3): 392-406.
sample specifications:
specification of method(s) used for sampling and sorting:
A qualitative representative sampling of each habitat was carried out using a hand net having a mesh of 150 micrometers. Samples were immediately preserved in 8% formalin in the field.
