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(2015) a Checklist of Branchiopoda (Anostraca and Cladocera) of Chilean Continental Waters Zootaxa 4044 (4): 599–600 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Erratum ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.10 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4F1B0CED-19C3-4894-897A-6AC66F9CE942 PATRICIO DE LOS RIOS ESCALANTE & ALEXEY A. KOTOV (2015) A checklist of Branchiopoda (Anostraca and Cladocera) of Chilean continental waters. Zootaxa, 4027 (3): 366–388. On page 26: We incorrectly stated that the Notostraca were unknown from Chile. However, Soto (1990) reported unidentified notost- racans from ephemeral pools at 53° S (Morro Chico). Page 367 We incorrectly stated that Branchinecta brushi Hegna & Lazo-Wasem, 2010 is endemic to Chile. However it has been reported recently from Argentina (Cohen, 2012). We incorrectly stated that Branchinecta papillata Rogers, De los Ríos & Zúñiga, 2008 is endemic to Chile. However it has been reported recently from Argentina (Cohen, 2010, 2012) and from Bolivia (Rogers & Coronel, 2011). Page 368 Branchinecta valchetana Cohen, 1981 was reported from Paniri Volcano (Rogers et al., 2008), however Hegna & Lazo- Wasem (2010) later described this specific population as Branchinecta brushi. In Rogers et al. (2008) it specifically men- tioned that the material was given to the authors by Eric Laso-Wasem, and that they had not examined the specimens. Page 375 Alona cambouei Guerne and Richard, 1893 could fully absent in South America, and all pulchella-like populations could belong to A. glabra or some other undescribed taxa (Sinev 2001). Page 376 A neotropical taxon Coronatella poppei (Richard, 1897) is very recently redescribed based on material from Brazil (Sousa et al., 2015), and this paper could be important for differentiation of this taxon in Chile. Page 379 Pleuroxus varidentatus Frey, 1993 was incorrectly listed as "P. variadentantus". Acknowlegdements to add the following sentence. We thank D. Christopher Rogers, A.Y. Sinev, N.M. Korovchinsky and M.I. for bringing these points to our attention. Additional References to be included. Cohen, R.G., (2010) Primer registro del anostraco de altura Branchinecta papillata (Crustacea Branchiopoda: Anostraca) para Argentina, y actualización de la biodiversidad de anostracos en el país. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 54, 36–43. Cohen, R.G., (2012) Morphological diversity displayed by high altitude Branchinecta papillata (Anostraca) and additional morphological comparisons with Branchinecta achalensis. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 32, 1–13. http://dx.doi.10.1163/193724011X617404 Hegna, T.A. & Lazo-Wasem, E.A. (2010) Branchinecta brushi n. sp. (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae) from a Vol- canic Crater in Northern Chile (Antofagasta Province): A New Altitude Record for Crustaceans. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30, 445–464. http://dx.doi.org/10.1651/09-3236.1 Rogers, D.C., De los Ríos, P. & Zúñiga, O. (2008) Fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda) of Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 28, 543–550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1651/07-2953.1 Accepted by M. Alonso: 22 Oct. 2015; Published: 20 Nov. 2015 599 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Rogers, D.C. & Coronel, J.S. (2011) A redescription of Branchinecta pollicifera Harding, 1940, and its placement in a new genus (Branchiopoda: Anostraca: Branchinectidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 31, 717–724. http://dx.doi.10.1651/10-3449.1 Sinev, A.Y. (2001) B Redescription of Alona glabra Sars, 1901, a South American species of the pulchella-group (Chydoridae, Anomopoda, Branchiopoda). Arthropoda Selecta, 10, 273–280. Soto, D. (1990) Relationship between zooplankton biomass and Chilean flamingo population in south Chile Patagonic lagoons. In: Actas del I. Taller Internacional de Especialistas en Flamencos Sudamericanos. Corporación Nacional Forestal de Chile and Zoological Society of New York, pp. 90–115. Sousa, F.D.R., Elmoor-Loureiro, L.M.A. & Santos, S. (2015) Redescription of Coronatella poppei (Richard, 1897) (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Chydoridae) and a revision of the genus in Brazil, with descriptions of new taxa. Zootaxa, 3955 (2), 211– 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3955.2.3 600 · Zootaxa 4044 (4) © 2015 Magnolia Press.
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