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Daphnia galeata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Order: Cladocera Family: Daphniidae Genus: Daphnia Species: D. galeata Binomial name Daphnia galeata
G. O. Sars, 1864 [1]Subspecies D. g. galeata
D. g. mendotaeDaphnia galeata is a small species of planktonic crustacean. 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.[2]
References
- ^ "Daphnia galeata G. O. Sars, 1864". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=83876. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ 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. http://www.buffalo.edu/~djtaylor/papers/Tayloretal1996.pdf.
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