A report on the marine cladoceran Evadne spinifera Müller (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstract

This note relates the occurrence of Evadne spinifera Müller, 1867 (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The samples were obtained by vertical tows with a 200µm mesh-size conical net at different times over a four day period in September, 1995. Evadne spinifera densities was always low.

Cladocera; Evadne spinifera; zooplankton; Guanabara Bay; Brazil