Daphnia (Daphnia)

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Daphnia (Daphnia)
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Daphnia (Daphnia) pulex
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Subgenus: Daphnia
O. F. Müller, 1785

Daphnia is one of the three subgenera of the genus Daphnia , the others being Australodaphnia and Ctenodaphnia . [1]

Species

A number of species inquirendae are also included in the subgenus:

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References

  1. A. Kotov; L. Forró; N. M. Korovchinsky; A. Petrusek (March 2, 2012). "Crustacea-Cladocera checkList" (PDF). World checklist of freshwater Cladocera species. Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Retrieved October 29, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)