Polyphemus pediculus

Polyphemus pediculus

Taxonavigation

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: Onychopoda
Familia: Polyphemidae
Genus: Polyphemus
Species: Polyphemus pediculus

Name

• Polyphemus pediculus (Linnaeus, 1761)

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus C. 1761: Fauna suecica. Stockholmiae, 2:578 pp.

Additional references

• Dumont, H.J.; Negrea, S.V. 2002: Introduction to the class Branchiopoda. Guides to the identification of the macroinvertebrates of the continental waters of the world. (Ed. H.J. F. Dumont). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 19:1-398. ISBN 90-5782-112-5
• Kotov, A.A. 2020. Priority of Carl Linnaeus as the author of the oldest species of Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): Daphnia pulex (Linnaeus, 1758) and Polyphemus pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758). Zootaxa 4803(3): 591–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.12 Reference page. 
• Rivier, I. K. 1998: The predatory Cladocera (Onychopoda: Podonidae, Polyphemidae, Cercopagidae) and Leptodorida of the world. Backhuys Publishing, Leiden: pp.213. ISBN 90-73348-85-4