title: An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of Colombia.
abstract: Based on the revision of available literature on the Colombian Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda), we present an annotated checklist, with taxonomical comments for all taxa recorded since the start of research on this group in the country in 1913. We have listed 101 valid taxa, of which most records belong to the Caribbean region of Colombia. The situation in Colombian Cladocera taxonomy is, at present, unfavorable for any realistic conclusions on biodiversity, ecology and biogeography.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky Prospect 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan 420000, Russia; Email: alexey-a-kotov@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: Alexey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kotov
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Aplicada, A.A 731 Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.; Email: juanmanuelfuentesreines@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Juan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fuentes-Reinés
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D033361:Cladocera / Q000145:classification*; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male