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Daphnia galeata

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Species of crustacean

Daphnia galeata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anomopoda
Family: Daphniidae
Genus: Daphnia
Subgenus: Daphnia
Species: D. galeata
Binomial name
Daphnia galeata
G. O. Sars, 1864 
Subspecies
  • D. g. galeata G. O. Sars, 1864
  • D. g. mendotae Birge, 1918

Daphnia galeata is a small species of planktonic crustaceans. It lives in freshwater environments across a large area of the Northern Hemisphere, mostly in lakes.

D. galeata comprises two subspecies: D. g. galeata, found in the Old World, and D. g. mendotae, named after Lake Mendota near Madison, Wisconsin, in the New World. D. g. mendotae may be a homoploid hybrid taxon. In the lower Great Lakes, the populations are mostly hybrids of the European and American subspecies.

References

  1. "Daphnia galeata G. O. Sars, 1864". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  2. Derek J. Taylor, Paul D. N. Herbert & John K. Colbourne (1996). "Phylogenetics and evolution of the Daphnia longispina group (Crustacea) based on 12S rDNA sequence and allozyme variation" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 5 (3): 495–510. doi:10.1006/mpev.1996.0045. PMID 8744763.
  3. George W. Cox (1999). "Northern temperate lakes: chaos along the food chain". Alien Species in North America and Hawaii: Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Island Press. pp. 67–81. ISBN 9781559636803.
Taxon identifiers
Daphnia galeata


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