Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Allotriocarida > Class Branchiopoda > Subclass Phyllopoda > Superorder Diplostraca > Order Anomopoda

Daphniidae Straus, 1820

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ceriodaphnia Dana, 1853
Daphnia O.F. Müller, 1785
Megafenestra Dumont & Pensaert, 1983
Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858
Simocephalus Schoedler, 1858

Literature

basis of record

Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Daphniidae Straus, 1820. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148360

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Daphniidae Straus, 1820. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/095fa6c4-de6c-4e82-9a03-a6d32c90571f

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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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GUID

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:14770

Last modified

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

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