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Daphniidae (disused)

Branchiopoda - Cladocera - Daphniidae

Taxonomy
Daphniidae was named by Strauss (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phyllopoda by M'Coy (1849); to Cladocera by Jell and Duncan (1986); and to Anomopoda by Schwentner et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Daphniidae Strauss
1849Daphniidae M'Coy p. 395
1986Daphniidae Jell and Duncan p. 191
2018Daphniidae 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
infraclassDiplostraca(Gerstecker 1866)
OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
CladoceromorphaAx 1999
orderCladoceraLatreille 1829
suborderAnomopodaSars 1865
familyDaphniidaeStrauss 1820
familyDaphniidaeStrauss 1820

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.

Fm. Daphniidae Strauss 1820
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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: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Tortonian or 122.46000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Cladocera indet. (77192)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Iceland Daphniidae indet. (154940)