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

Chydorus sphaericus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chydorus*	Leach, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lynceus sphaericus*	O.F. Müller, 1776	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: common ball waterflea sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Linsenfloh; Linsenkrebschen

Literature

basis of record	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Turner, C.H. (1892). Notes upon the Cladocera, Copepoda, Ostracoda and Rotifera of Cincinnati, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 6(2): 57-74, 2 pls .
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022.