Daphnia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anomopoda
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Classis: Branchiopoda Superordo: Cladocera Ordo: Anomopoda

Familia: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Subgenera (4): Australodaphnia – Ctenodaphnia – Daphnia – Hyalodaphnia

Overview of species (~150)

D. ambigua – D. arenata – D. atkinsoni – D. barbata – D. brooksi – D. carinata – D. catawba – D. cheraphila – D. cristata – D. cucullata – D. curvirostris – D. dentifera – D. dubia – D. ephemeralis – D. exilis – D. galeata – D. gelida – D. hrbaceki – D. hyalina – D. inopinata – D. lacustris – D. laevis – D. latispina – D. longiremis – D. longispina – D. lumholtzi – D. magna – D. melanica – D. mendotae – D. middendorffiana – D. minnehaha – D. neoobtusa – D. obtusa – D. oregonensis – D. paggii – D. parvula – D. pileata – D. prolata – D. pulex – D. pulicaria – D. retrocurva – D. salina – D. schoedleri – D. similis – D. tanakai – D. tenebrosa – D. thorata – D. turbinata – D. umbra – D. villosa
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Name

Daphnia O. F. Mueller, 1785

Gender: feminine
Status: valid genus

Primary references

Müller, O.F. 1785: Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit. 1-135. PDF

Additional references

Karabanov, D.P., Bekker, E.I., Shiel, R.J. & Kotov, A.A.. 2018. Invasion of a Holarctic planktonic cladoceran Daphnia galeata Sars (Crustacea: Cladocera) in the Lower Lakes of South Australia. Zootaxa 4402(1): 136–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.6 Reference page.
Kotov, A.A. & Taylor, D.J. 2011: Mesozoic fossils (>145 Mya) suggest the antiquity of the subgenera of Daphnia and their coevolution with chaoborid predators. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 129. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-129
Popova, E.Y.; Kotov, A.A. 2013: Latitudinal patterns in the diversity of two subgenera of the genus Daphnia O.F. Müller (Crustacea: Cladocera: Daphniidae). Zootaxa 3736(2): 159–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.2.4 Reference page.
Popova, E.Y., Petrusek, A., Kořínek, V., Mergeay, J., Bekker, E.I., Karabanov, D.P., Galimov, Y.R., Neritina, T.V., Taylor, D.J. & Kotov, A.A. 2016. Revision of the Old World Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) similis group (Cladocera: Daphniidae). Zootaxa 4161(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.1. Reference page.
Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Zuykova, E.I., Sheveleva, N. & Kotov, A.A. 2019. Redescription of Daphnia turbinata Sars, 1903 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Daphniidae). Zootaxa 4658(2): 317–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.2.6 Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Дафніі
dansk: Dafnie
Deutsch: Wasserfloh
français: Daphnie
עברית: דפניה
日本語: ミジンコ
Nederlands: Watervlo
polski: dafnia
português: Dáfnia

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