This dataset provides species distribution information on Cladocera, which is an important group of freshwater zooplankton from the Western region of Maharashtra state, India. The collection was carried out at over 100 distinct localities from the year 2009 until 2016. Multiple samples were collected at some of the localities. Most of the samples were collected qualitatively using either a tow net or a hand net having a mesh of 150 micrometers based on the type of habitat (open water vs. littoral zone). The dataset includes species names along with the GIS data and waterbody type (pool, pond, water reservoir or river). A total of 52 species were found from 7 different families. Chydoridae was the most species-rich family with 28 species (Padhye & Dumont 2015, Padhye & Sousa 2020). One new endemic species - Moina hemanti Padhye & Dumont, 2014 - was newly described and another species - Magnospina siamensis (Sinev & Sanoamuang, 2007) - was reported for the first time from the Indian subcontinent (Padhye & Dumont 2014, Padhye & Sousa 2020). The endemic species was restricted to its type locality. Daphnia carinata was only observed in lateritic rock pools, while species like Latonopsis australis were also seen in hot water springs (Padhye & Kotov 2010, Padhye & Victor 2015, Kulkarni et al. 2019).
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but dataset creator/data contributors must be informed prior to publication. Data must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
data contributor/owner 2
contact name:
Roseline Thorat
contact orcid:
contact position:
contact email:
roseline.thorat@gmail.com
contact institute:
Department of Zoology, Ahmednagar College, Station road, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
contact country:
criteria for using this part of the dataset:
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but dataset creator/data contributors must be informed prior to publication. Data must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
data contributor/owner 3
contact name:
Avinash Isaac Vanjare
contact orcid:
contact position:
contact email:
avinashisaac7@gmail.com
contact institute:
Department of Zoology, Ahmednagar College, Station road, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
contact country:
criteria for using this part of the dataset:
The dataset is publicly available (data portal, data archive) and can be used without restrictions, but dataset creator/data contributors must be informed prior to publication. Data must be acknowledged and cited correctly.
citation of this dataset:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M., Thorat, R. & Vanjare, A.I.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) occurrences from Western Maharashtra, India
year:
2020
citation of the metadata:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M., Thorat, R.T. & Vanjare, A.I.
title and journal (name, number, pages):
Metadata to the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) occurrences from Western Maharashtra, India. Freshwater Metadata Journal 50: 1-6
year:
2020
doi (if applicable):
https://doi.org/10.15504/fmj.2020.50
dataset related references:
reference 1:
author(s):
Padhye, S. & Dumont, H.J.
title:
Moina hemanti n. sp., a new species of the genus Moina s.l. (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda) from Pune, India. Zootaxa 3860(6): 561-570.
year:
2014
doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.4
reference 2:
author(s):
Padhye, S. & Dumont, H.J.
title:
Species richness of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Goa, India with biogeographical comments. Journal of Limnology 74(1): 182-191.
year:
2015
doi:
https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2014.1033
reference 3:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M. & Van Damme, K.
title:
Note on Kurzia (Kurzia) latissima (Kurz, 1875) (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Chydoridae) from India. Zootaxa 3980(2): 293-297.
year:
2015
doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.10
reference 4:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M. & Victor, R.
title:
Diversity and distribution of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in the rock pools of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Annales de Limnolgie 51: 315-322.
year:
2015
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2015029
reference 5:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M., Kotov, A.A., Dahanukar, N. & Dumont, H.J.
title:
Biogeography of the 'water flea' Daphnia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anomopoda) in the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Limnology 75(3): 571-580.
Hydroperiod and inter-pool distance influence meta-community composition of crustaceans in temporary rock-pools in India. Inland Waters 9(3): 320-333.
year:
2019
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2018.1548868
reference 7:
author(s):
Padhye, S.M.
title:
Seasonal variation in functional composition and diversity of cladoceran zooplankton of a lotic eutrophic habitat from India. Annales de Limnologie 56, 11.
year:
2020
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2020011
reference 8:
author(s):
Sousa, F.D.R. & Padhye, S.M.
title:
First record of the dentifera-group of Aloninae (Cladocera, Chydoridae) from tropical India. Zootaxa 4802(2): 391-394.
Some of the sites were distributed over a very small region like a rocky outcrop, where obtaining separate GIS data of pools was not possible. Hence, GIS data is redundant in such instances.
Chatterjee, T., Kotov, A.A., Van Damme, K., Chandrasekhar, S.V.A., & Padhye, S. (2013). An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India. Zootaxa 3667(1): 1-89.
sample specifications:
specification of method(s) used for sampling and sorting:
Qualitative sampling was carried out using either a tow net or a hand net based on the type of habitat (pool vs. river) or exact region of sampling (open water vs. littoral region). The mesh size of the nets was 150 micrometers. The samples were preserved in 5-8% formalin in the field.
