Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Branchiopoda > Subclass Phyllopoda > Order Diplostraca > Suborder Onychocaudata > Infraorder Cladoceromorpha > Infraorder Cladocera > Subsection Anomopoda > Family Daphniidae

Daphnia O.F. Müller, 1785

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) Dybowski & Grochowski, 1895
Daphnia (Daphnia) O. F. Muller, 1785

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: water flea

Literature

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Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Daphnia. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148370

Dr Geoffrey Boxshall. Daphnia O. F. Muller, 1785. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=237009

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:237009

Last modified

2010-09-23 by Dr Geoffrey Boxshall & by Geoff Boxshall

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