“…The species was previously recorded from samples from North, Southeast, and South Brazil (Cunha 1913, Kammerer 1938, Uherkovich & Schmidt 1974, BittencourtOliveira 1993, Huszar 1984, Dewes & Huszar 1986, Huszar et al 1987, Sant'Anna et al 1988, Franceschini 1992. Found in plankton and metaphyton samples from Bosque da Barra Lake and a roadside oxbow pond.…”