TWO NEW SPECIES OF DIAPHANOSOMA (SIDIDAE : CLADOCERA) FROM FRESHWATER BODIES OF NORTH ANDHRA, INDIA
L.M. RAO *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003, INDIA.
G. PADMAJA *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003, INDIA.
N.J. NAIDU *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM-530003, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Two new species of Cladocera of the genus Diaphanosoma occurring in freshwater bodies of northern Andhra districts, India are described as Diaphanosoma siddharthii and D. chandramohanii.