Daphnia O. F. Müller, 1785
(water fleas)

Daphnia (water fleas) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDaphnia (water fleas)
FamilyDAPHNIIDAE (a family of water fleas)
InfraorderCladocera (water fleas)
SuborderONYCHOCAUDATA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderDIPLOSTRACA (water fleas)
SubclassPHYLLOPODA (apuses and water fleas)
ClassBRANCHIOPODA (branchiopods)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Daphnia (water fleas)

Daphnia (water fleas) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hunter, K. & Pyle, G. 2004 Morphological responses of Daphnia pulex to Chaoborus americanus kairomone in the presence and absence of metals Environ Toxicol Chem Vol 23 (5): 1311-1316.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Daphnia (water fleas):

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