Biology:Alona (crustacean)

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Short description: Genus of small freshwater animals

Alona
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Subclass: Phyllopoda
Superorder: Diplostraca
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Chydoridae
Genus: Alona
W. Baird, 1843
Type species
Alona quadrangularis
(O. F. Müller, 1776)

Alona is a genus of cladocerans in the family Chydoridae. It is one of the largest genera of Cladocera,[1] and is widely believed to be an artificial group which is in need of systematic revision; the type species is Alona quadrangularis.[2] Around 240 names at the species level have been described in Alona; it is unclear how many of these are valid, or how they are related.[3]

Species currently assigned to the genus Alona include:

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4734358 entry