Checklist de ostrácodes (Crustacea, ostracoda) dulcícolas do Pantanal Sul Mato-grossense, Brasil

Abstract

Nowadays there are about 2,000 species of non-marine Ostracoda described in diverse aquatic environments in the world, of which 117 species from 37 genera are known in Brazil. The present survey of ostracods of the Pantanal of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, recorded 35 species belonging to the families Cyprididae, Candonidae, Limnocytheridae and Darwinulidae. The ostracod fauna of Brazil is still poorly known and the ostracod biodiversity from several habitats (e.g. interstitial) remains unknown. In this sense, there is a great probability to find new records and new taxa of ostracods in the Pantanal, as well as throughout Brazil.