Biology:Daphniidae
| Daphniidae | |
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| Daphnia pulex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anomopoda |
| Family: | Daphniidae Straus, 1820 |
Daphniidae is a family of water fleas in the order Anomopoda.
Description
Members of the family Daphniidae differ from other, similar diplostracans, such as the Macrotrichidae and Moinidae, in that the antennae of females are short and immobile.[1]
Ecology
The feeding mechanism of the members of the family Daphniidae differs from that of the Macrotrichidae in allowing the animals to engage in filter feeding, rather than having to scrape food from a surface. They have evolved to fill a number of different ecological niches. Scapholeberis and Megafenestra contain species adapted to living around the surface film; Simocephalus species cling to objects while filter feeding; others have developed a pelagic lifestyle.[2]
Taxonomy
The family Daphniidae contains 121 species in five genera:[3][4][5]
- Ceriodaphnia Dana, 1853
- Daphnia O. F. Müller, 1785
- Megafenestra Dumont & Pensaert, 1983
- Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858
- Simocephalus Schoedler, 1858
The members of the family Moinidae may also be placed among the Daphniidae.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ William David Williams (1980). "Arachnids and crustaceans". Australian Freshwater Life: the Invertebrates of Australian Inland Waters (2nd ed.). Macmillan Education. pp. 118–184. ISBN 978-0-333-29894-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=2qqrV5WaJ4sC&pg=PA135.
- ↑ Geoffrey Fryer (1995). "Phylogeny and adaptive radiation within the Anomopoda: a preliminary exploration". Springer. doi:10.1007/BF00031997. ISBN 978-0-7923-3471-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=UjJeSe3IC9cC&pg=PA65.
- ↑ L. Forró; N. M. Korovchinsky; A. A. Kotov; A. Petrusek (2008). "Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater" (PDF). Hydrobiologia 595 (1): 177–184. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9013-5. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/27704/27704.pdf.
- ↑ "Daphniidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148360.
- ↑ "Daphniidae Straus, 1820". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=83872. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
- ↑ Joel W. Martin; George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 1–132. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4020658 entry
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