Cladocera (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) of Central Yakutia: 1. Some Representatives of the Families Sididae, Daphniidae, and Ophryoxidae

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This series of communications is aimed to report on a study of the water fleas (Crustacea, Cladocera) of Central Yakutia. This first communication provides brief descriptions of the representatives of the families Sididae, Daphniidae, and Ophryoxidae, namely Sida crystallina (O.F. Müller 1776), Diaphanosoma orghidani orghidani Negrea 1982, Diaphanosoma amurensis Korovchinsky et Sheveleva 2009, Diaphanosoma brachyurum (Liévin 1848), Scapholeberis mucronata (O.F. Müller 1776), Scapholeberis rammneri Dumont et Pensaert 1983, Megafenestra cf. nasuta (Birge 1879), Simocephalus cf. serrulatus (Koch 1841), and Ophryoxus kolymensis Smirnov 1992. Remarks are given on the occurrence of these taxa in Northern Eurasia.