Biogeography and taxonomy of New Zealand Cladocera (Anomopoda, Chydoridae): a review

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Fig. 1  Map illustrating the locations of previously studied sites of cladoceran zooplankton in New Zealand lake and river systems. (a) Lake Oneopoto (paleolake) North Island (Kattel & Augustinus 2010); (b) Lake Ohau and Tekapo South Island (Burns et al. 1984).

Table 1  List of New Zealand (as well as southern Australia and Tasmania) chydorid Cladocera reported in various literature.

Subfamily	Species	Distribution	Comments	Reference
Sayciinae	Sacia cooki novaezealandie Frey, 1971	New Zealand	endemic	Frey 1971
Chydorinae	Alonella excisa Fischer, 1854	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Shiel &Dickson 1995, Kattel & Augustinus 2010
	A. nana Baird, 1850	New Zealand*	cosmopolitan	Kattel & Augustinus 2010
	Ephemeroporus barroisi Richard, 1894	New Zealand	endemic	Burns et al. 1984
	Dunhevedia crassa King, 1853	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Frey 1991a, Shiel & Dickson 1995
	Pleuroxus hastirostris Sars, 1904	New Zealand	endemic	Smirnov & Timms 1983, Frey 1993
	P. helvencus Frey 1991	New Zealand	endemic	Smirnov & Timms 1983, Frey 1993
	Pseudochydorus globosus Baird, 1843	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Frey 1995
	Chydorus sphaericus Müller, 1776	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Shiel & Dickson 1995, Kattel & Augustinus 2010
	C. minutus Thomson, 1978	New Zealand	endemic	Frey 1993
Aloninae	Camptocercus australis Sars, 1896	Australia, New Zealand	endemic	Byars 1959, Shiel & Dickson 1995, Smirnov 1998
	Oxyurella tenuicaudis Sars, 1862	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Shiel & Dickson 1995
	Leydigia leydigi Schoedler, 1863	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Shiel & Dickson 1995
	Alona setigera Brehm, 1931	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Smirnov & Timms 1983
	A.guttata Sars, 1862	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Smirnov & Timms 1983, Kattel & Augustinus 2010
	Armatalona macrocopa Smirnov, 1989	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Smirnov 1989
	Biapertura affinis Leydig, 1860	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Shiel & Dickson, Burger et al. 2002
	Bryospilus bifidus Frey, 1980	New Zealand	endemic	Frey 1980
	Graptoleberis testudinaria Fischer, 1848	Australia, New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Shiel & Dickson 1995, Kattel & Augustinus 2010
	Monospilus dispar Sars, 1862	New Zealand	cosmopolitan	Alonso 1996
For Australian chydorid cladocerans please refer to Shiel & Dickson (1995) in detail. Alonella excisa and Chydorus sphaericus recorded in various published literature in New Zealand lakes may be incorrectly identified. These cladocerans may be endemic species to New Zealand and should be redefined. Ephemeroporus barroisi also needs further clarification if this species is an endemic to New Zealand.
*Alonella nana was not documented from New Zealand lakes previously. Based on morphological features of head shield, head pores and post-abdomen, Kattel &Augustinus (2010) have reported the presence of A. nana in the Onepoto maar, Auckland. However, this needs to be verified.

Fig. 2  Headshields of some chydorid Cladocera recorded by GRK from the surface sediment samples of various lakes from South Island, New Zealand. Specimens are yet to be identified fully. (a) Lake L0424 (lowland grassland); (b) Lake L0407 (lowland forest); (c) Lake L0405 (lowland forest); (d) Lake L0412 (upland grassland); (e) Lake L0423 (lowland shrubland); (f) Lake L0419 (rocky catchment). Please refer to the text for details.

Fig. 3  Two members of the subfamily Aloninae. (i) Armatalona macocopa Sars, 1894 and (ii) Alona setigera Brehm, 1931 commonly present in New Zealand lakes. (i) Armatalona macrocopa Sars, 1894. A. lateral view; B. dorso lateral view; C. post abdomen; D. head pores; E. antennae II. scale bar: A–B = 0.1 mm, C–E = 0.02 mm (adopted after Sinev 2007). (ii) Alona setigera Brehm, 1931. a, b, general view of adult female; c, postabdomen female; d, headpore female; e, headshield female; f, labrum; g, h, general view of male; i, postabdomen male (adopted after Santos-Wisniewski et al. 2001).

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