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

Penilia Dana, 1852

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Penilia avirostris Dana, 1849

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ウスカワミジンコ属

Literature

original description

Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.

basis of record

Boxshall, G. (2001). Cladocera - Branchiopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 243-244

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Penilia Dana, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106266

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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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Last modified

2010-09-23 by Geoff Boxshall

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