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Daphnia

Branchiopoda - Cladocera

Taxonomy
Daphnia was named by Muller (1785). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Tasch (1969).

It was assigned to Branchiopoda by von Heyden (1862); and to Cladocera by Tasch (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1785Daphnia Muller
1862Daphnia von Heyden p. 62
1969Daphnia Tasch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
classBranchiopodaLatreille 1817
subclassPhyllopoda
infraclassDiplostraca(Gerstecker 1866)
—OnychocaudataOlesen and Richter 2013
—CladoceromorphaAx 1999
orderCladoceraLatreille 1829
genusDaphniaMuller 1785

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.

G. Daphnia Muller 1785
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†Daphnia fossilis von Heyden 1862
Daphnia primaeva M'Coy 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available