Table 3 Comparison of life cycle parameters of Chydoridae species (data from the present study and the literature)

Oxyurella longicaudis

2.30

5.20

2

22

46.96

23

Present study

Chydorus pubescens

1.96

2.37

2

22.3

25.44

23.6

Santos-Wisniewski et al. 2006

Chydorus dentifer

2.20

5.73

2

11.39

25

Melão 1997

Chydorus sphaericus

3.10

2

74

20

Bottrell 1975

Acroperus harpae

1.56

3.70

1.59

9.79

25

Melão 1997

Acroperus harpae

3.18

74

20

Bottrell 1975

Pleuroxus uncinatus

3.16

2

Bottrell 1975

Alonella excisa

3.17

2

46

73.4

19-23

Sharma and Sharma 1998

Leydigia acanthocercoides

3.00

2

20

23.2

28-30

Murugan and Job 1982

Leydigia ciliata

2

50

46

28-30

Venkataraman 1990

Euryalona orientalis

2

20

23.8

28-30

Venkataraman 1990

Coronatella rectangula

1.68

2.48

1.98

27.8

28.04

23.6

Viti et al. 2013

Alona iheringula

1.79

3.24

2

47.6

46

25

Silva et al. 2014