The freshwater Cladocera (orders Ctenopoda and Anomopoda) of Mexico, with comments on selected taxa

Knowledge of the composition and distribution of the freshwater Cladocera i n Mexico is still limited. All the available literature was reviewed and ad ded to our own new records in different states of Mexico to present here a revised and updated list of the 110 species of the orders Ctenopoda and Ano mopoda recorded for the country, with separate state records. Ecological, b iogeographical, and taxonomic comments are made for selected taxa of the co mmonest neotropical groups: Sididae, Daphniidae, Bosminidae, Macrothricidae , and Chydoridae.