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Cladocera (water flea)

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca

Taxonomy
Cladocera was named by Latreille (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Crustacea by Jell and Duncan (1986); and to Cladoceromorpha by Schwentner et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Cladocera Latreille
1986Cladocera Jell and Duncan p. 191
2018Cladocera Schwentner et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
superorderCalmanostracaTasch 1969
orderDiplostracaGerstecker 1866
—OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
—CladoceromorphaAx 1999
orderCladoceraLatreille 1829
orderCladoceraLatreille 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Cladocera Latreille 1829 [water flea]
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Subor. Anomopoda Sars 1865
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Fm. Daphniidae Strauss 1820
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G. †Archedaphnia Smirnov 1970
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†Archedaphnia borutkyi Smirnov 1970
†Archedaphnia novojilovi Smirnov 1970
†Archedaphnia strelkovi Smirnov 1970
†Archedaphnia testacea Smirnov 1971
G. Daphnia Muller 1785
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†Daphnia fossilis von Heyden 1862
Daphnia primaeva M'Coy 1849
Invalid names: Ctenopoda Sars 1865 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: suspension feederc
Diet 2: detritivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-07-21 10:04:49
Modified: 2010-02-04 14:45:55
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 122.46000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Cladocera indet. (77192)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica Cladocera antarctica (67034 67052)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Daphnia fossilis (123945)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Spain (Castellon) Daphnia sp. (225781)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Iceland Daphniidae indet. (154940)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greenland Cladocera sp., Daphnia pulex (227055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Daphnia sp. (169347)