Daphniidae

Daphniidae
Daphniidae
Daphnia pulex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Suborder: Anomopoda
Family: Daphniidae
Straus, 1820

Daphniidae is a family in the order Cladocera (small crustaceans also known as water fleas). Species within this family occur in several places within Africa including Lake Chad in northwest Africa[1] and in the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.[2] Some of these occurrences are locations of shallow lakes where seasonal water levels vary considerably.

The following genera are included in the family:[3]

  • Ceriodaphnia Dana, 1853
  • Daphnia O. F. Müller, 1785
  • Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858
  • Simocephalus Schoedler, 1858

The members of the family Moinidae may also be placed among the Daphniidae.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jean-Pierre Carmouze, Jean René Durand & C. Lévêque (1983). Lake Chad: Ecology and Productivity of a Shallow Tropical Ecosystem. W. Junk. ISBN 9789061931065. 
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008). "Makgadikgadi". In A. Burnham. The Megalithic Portal. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=22373&mode=&order=0. Retrieved February 9, 2011. 
  3. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Daphniidae". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148360. Retrieved October 18, 2010. 
  4. ^ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf. 

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