Daphnia occidentalis

Daphnia occidentalis is a species of crustacean in the family Daphniidae. It is endemic to Australia,[1] and is the only species in the subgenus Australodaphnia.[2][4]

Daphnia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Cladocera
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Subgenus: Australodaphnia
Colbourne et al., 2006 [2]
Species:
D. occidentalis
Binomial name
Daphnia occidentalis
Benzie, 1986 [3]

References

  1. J. Benzie (1996). "Daphnia occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6256A12592584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6256A12592584.en.
  2. J. K. Colbourne; C. C. Wilson; P. D. N. Hebert (2006). "The systematics of Australian Daphnia and Daphniopsis (Crustacea: Cladocera): a shared phylogenetic history transformed by habitat-specific rates of evolution" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 89 (3): 469–488. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00687.x.
  3. John A. H. Benzie (1986). "Daphnia occidentalis, new species (Cladocera: Daphniidae) from western Australia: new evidence on the evolution of the North American D. ambiguaD. middendorffiana group". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 6 (2): 232–245. doi:10.2307/1547984. JSTOR 1547984.
  4. 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.


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