taxonID	type	description	language	source
03818A0EFFDAFFC4FF398A81FBD4482A.taxon	description	Species Bogda Shan Meander lakes near Тarim Meander lake near River Kaidu River Tianchi Lake Sigong River Shayar Ljuntaj Valley Village area Village area Cladocera Diaphanosoma macrophthalma + + Korovchinsky & Mirabdullaev, 1995 * Coronatella rectangula (G. O. Sars, + 1962) Chydorus sphaericus (O. F. Müller, + 1776) s. lat. Dunhvedia crassa King, 1853 + + Copepoda Cyclops cf. herberti Einsle, 1996 ** + Cyclops strenuus (Fischer, 1851) +	en	Chertoprud, Elena S., Sinev, Artem Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (2017): Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
03818A0EFFDAFFC4FF398A81FBD4482A.taxon	description	Simocephalus mixtus G. O. Sars, 1903. This is the first report of the species in Xinjiang. The species is widely distributed in all climatic zones of the Northern Hemisphere (Orlova-Bienkowskaia 2001). S. mixtus was recorded once in continental China in the Heilongjiang province (Xiang et al. 2015). However, it is a common species on Hainan Island (Sinev et al. 2015). A detailed description of this species is provided by Orlova-Bienkowskaia (2001).	en	Chertoprud, Elena S., Sinev, Artem Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (2017): Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
03818A0EFFDDFFCAFF398C8DFE124B0A.taxon	description	The species richness of Cladocera in the area (55 species) is higher than that of Copepoda (33 species). This fact can be explained by more effective long-distance dispersal of cladocerans (Novichkova & Azovsky 2016). The families Chydoridae and Daphnidae are the most abundant cladoceran groups in the area and include 24 and 14 species, respectively. The copepod family Cyclopidae contains 25 listed species, more than half of which belong to the genera Cyclops, Thermocyclops, and Eucyclops. The taxonomical position of Eucyclops species of serrulatus group, which are included in the list of Xinjiang fauna (Table 2), agree with the latest revisions (Alekseev et al. 2006; Alekseev & Defaye 2011). In the сopepod fauna of China (Shen et al. 1979), Eucyclops serrulatus serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) was listed for the Xinjiang region. However, we included only Eucyclops serrulatus sensu lato according to the revision of Alekseev et al. (2006). The closest to Xinjiang occurrence of Eucyclops serrulatus are the lakes of western Mongolia (Alekseev & Defaye 2011). The subspecies inhabiting Xinjiang has not been elucidated (Dr. Alekseev V. R. personal comments). The local endemic species have not been found in the fauna of the Xinjiang region. However, there is an endemic subspecies Arctodiaptomus altissimus pectinatus Shen & Song, 1965 which is known from the Tianchi Lake on the Bogda-Shan Mountain Range (Shen & Song 1965). There are no endemic Cladocera in the region. The two local Chydoridae species described by Chiang (1964), Pleuroxus sinkiankensis Chiang, 1964 and Camptocercus serratunguis Chiang, 1964 were found to be synonyms of Pleuroxus laevis G. O. Sars, 1862 (Smirnov 1996) and Camptocercus rectirostris Schödler, 1862 respectively (Smirnov 1998).	en	Chertoprud, Elena S., Sinev, Artem Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (2017): Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
03818A0EFFDDFFCAFF398C8DFE124B0A.taxon	description	Anomopoda Daphnia carinata King, 1853 + Species All waterbodies Ulungur Bosten Ho Lake Lake Alona quadrangularis (O. F. Müller, 1785) + Flavalona costata (G. O. Sars, 1862) + Coronatella rectangula (G. O. Sars, 1862) + Camptocercus rectirostris Schödler, 1862. + Camptocercus uncinatus Smirnov, 1971 + Chydorus ovalis Kurz, 1875 + Chydorus sphaericus (O. F. Müller, 1785) + Disparalona cf. hamata (Birge, 1909) + Disparalona rostrata (Koch, 1841) + Dunchevedia crassa King, 1853 + Ephemeroporus barroisi (Richard, 1894) + Graptoleberis testudinaria (Fisher, 1851) + Leydigia leydigi (Schödler, 1863) + Monospilus dispar G. O. Sars, 1862 + Pleuroxus aduncus (Jurine, 1820) + Pleuroxus laevis G. O. Sars, 1862 + Pleuroxus striatus Schödler, 1863 + Pleuroxus truncatus (O. F. Müller, 1785) + Pseudochydorus sp. + Copepoda Calanoida Arctodiaptomus altissimus pectinatus Shen & Song, 1965 + Arctodiaptomus rectispinosus rectispinosus (Kikuchi, 1940) + Arctodiaptomus salinus (Daday, 1885) + + + Sinocalanus doerrii (Brehm, 1909) + Cyclopoida Cryptocyclops bicolor (G. O. Sars, 1863) + + Cyclops cf. herberti Einsle, 1996 + Cyclops ladakanus Kiefer, 1936 + Cyclops strenuus (Fischer, 1851) + Cyclops vicinus vicinus Uljanin, 1875 + + Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) + + Eucyclops macruroides (Lilljeborg, 1901) + + Eucyclops macrurus (G. O. Sars, 1863) +	en	Chertoprud, Elena S., Sinev, Artem Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (2017): Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
03818A0EFFDDFFCAFF398C8DFE124B0A.taxon	description	...... continued on the next page All species first discovered in the Xinjiang region were found in the underexplored and difficult to reach highland or deserted regions. For example, Mesocyclops dissimilis Defaye & Kawabata, 1993, Eucyclops roseus Ishida, 1997, Diaphanosoma macrophthalma Korovchinsky & Mirabdullaev, 1995 and Scapholeberis kingi G. O. Sars, 1903 were observed in the brackish oxbows of the Tarim River in salt marsh areas. The latter species also inhabits the oxbow of the Konchedarya River. Cyclops cf. herberti Einsle, 1996 was found only in the Tianchi Lake at an altitude of 2000 m. a. s. l. Simocephalus mixtus G. O. Sars, 1903 lives in small water bodies of the Bogda-Shan Mountain Range at an altitude of 3000 m. a. s. l. This species was found in the floodplain area of the Tarim River. The finding of E. roseus in China is not unexpected because the species is widespread in East Asia (Lee et al. 2005). The discovery of C. cf. herberti in the Bogda-Shan Mountain Range significantly expands the range of the species. We have analysed the drawings of Cyclops sp., which is found in the Nilgiri Mountains (Tamil Nadu, India) (Einsle 1992), and assume that these individuals also most likely belong to the species C. herberti. Thus, this species rather has a wide range from boreal to tropical latitudes. Approximately 40 % of recorded Cladocera and Copepoda species from the Xinjiang region are found in the large Bosten and Ulungur lakes (Table 2), where hydrobiological studies are regularly conducted. Our findings further underline the uneven exploration of water bodies in this region and particularly of the small lakes and oxbows located in the mountain and desert areas.	en	Chertoprud, Elena S., Sinev, Artem Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (2017): Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
03818A0EFFDDFFCAFF398C8DFE124B0A.taxon	description	A harsh continental climate with strong termic seasonality is common in the Xinjiang region. However, a large portion of the region is occupied by saline deserts (Cii 2001). These environmental conditions obviously impact the composition of planktonic crustaceans inhabiting the water bodies. The fauna of Copepoda and Cladocera includes primarily species with wide distribution covering Eurasia, Africa, and North America. The majority of these species are cosmopolitans and inhabit a wide range of habitats in various climatic zones. Colonization of tropical species (that inhabit the areas with wet and relatively mild climate with slight seasonal variability) to this region is difficult. Thus, the climatic characteristics and scarce wetland extensions in the Xinjiang region appears to be a barrier for the expansion of tropical Copepoda and Cladocera towards the north and possibly for the East Siberian species towards the south.	en	Chertoprud, Elena S., Sinev, Artem Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, Inta (2017): Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
