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

Daphnia O.F. Müller, 1785

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) Dybowski & Grochowski, 1895
Daphnia (Daphnia) O. F. Müller, 1785

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: water flea

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Daphnia O.F. Müller, 1785. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148370

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Daphnia O.F. Müller, 1785. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/25cb5ad0-420c-47a9-9714-2f5da3a14f5f

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148370
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:237009

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2018-09-19 by Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall & by Alexey Kotov

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