Freshwater ostracods at the DT01 Section from the Dongting Lake, Hunan Province, China were firstly described, including 4species of 3 genera, such as Schellencandona cf. belgica (Klie, 1937), Ilyocypris bradyi(Sars, 1890), Ilyocypris sp.and Fabaeformiscandona fabaeformis (Fischer, 1851).These species are also reported in Hunan for the first time.Furthermore, the report about S.cf.belgicain China is sparse.The study enriches the data of Chinese freshwater ostracods and benefit Holocene paleoclimate...